This study explores the psychosocial factors and effects of adolescent pregnancies in Rwanda, identifying them as a critical public health and social concern that greatly affects young women and their communities.
In low-income rural Rwanda, adolescent pregnancy limits health and education, leading to poor health outcomes, high dropout rates, and restricted socioeconomic mobility.
Para sentar las bases de la implementación del Programa Horizontes se ha visto necesario realizar una investigación sobre violencia de género y embarazo adolescente en escuelas rurales del ámbito de acción del proyecto.
This toolkit is designed for educators who engage with pregnant and mother learners in South African secondary schools. This may include members of the School-Based Support Team.
Objectives: To examine the acceptability of implementing, trialling and estimating the cost of the Sexual health and healthy relationships for Further Education (SaFE) intervention.
Adolescent pregnancies pose a risk to young mothers and their babies. In Zambia, one third of 18-year-old girls have given birth. Poverty, low secondary school enrolment, misinformation, and community norms contribute to early childbearing.
This technical brief outlines key policy and programme landscape, trends and challenges related to adolescent pregnancy in South Asia.
Cases of teenage pregnancies and child marriages remain high in Kenya, and specific counties, continue to battle the ever-rising cases of teenage pregnancies.
Teenage pregnancy remains a critical public health issue in developing countries, significantly impacting maternal health. In Kenya, despite an expected decrease in teenage pregnancy rates from 18% in 2014 to 15% in 2022, evidence on its prevalence and associated factors is still limited.
This policy brief highlights and examines the existing legal, policy and institutional frameworks and practices on access to continued learning by pregnant girls and adolescent mothers as part of the Adolescent Mothers’ Education Initiative (AMEI).