Latin America is one of two regions in the world with the highest rates of teen pregnancies. They are particularly high among Peruvians from a poor background. Although the pattern is similar around the world, the difference is that young women in Peru are not using contraceptives to protect themselves. Milagros, a young woman who appears in this weeks report, has suffered from inequality and a lack of resources, but feels that she has learned a lot from being a teenage mother and struggles to overcome the problems. teleSUR