Teenage pregnancy and school drop-out in South Africa: facts, figures and possible interventions
This fact sheet is designed for educators, concerned community and parent organisations, as well as education officials.
This fact sheet is designed for educators, concerned community and parent organisations, as well as education officials.
Our interest in understanding the determinants of adolescent childbearing and how adolescent childbearing influences educational trajectories derive from a concern about the inverse relationship between educational outcomes and adolescent fertility.
This brief outlines the current legal situation in Tanzania with respect to attendance of pregnant schoolgirls as well as the benefits of educational attendance for pregnant school girls and young mothers.
The report focuses on girls around the world who marry and have babies while they are still children themselves, resulting in maternal and child mortalities and for those who survive, a struggle to overcome poor health, limited education, and grinding poverty.