Colombian girl, 10, gives birth to baby girl The identity of the father has not been revealed, but local media have suggested it could be a 15-year-old boy, others have claimed it is a 30-year-old man. The birth has led to fierce debate in the country, with some calling the practice "shocking." Efrain Pacheco Casadiego, director at the hospital where the baby was born, said: "We've already seen similar cases of Wayuu girls. At a time when [the girls] should be playing with dolls, they go to having to take care of a baby. Others said the tribe's culture needs to be respected. "Since it's a Wayuu girl we are trying to respect all of their rights since they have autonomy and their own juriostiction," Alejandro Samplayo, director of parental organisation Colombiano Bienestar Familiar, said. The youngest mother in the world was a five-year-old girl called Lina Medina from Peru in 1933. Ms Medina, who is now 78, had a son called Gerado by caesarean section. Gerado died in 1979 aged 40 from bone marrow disease.