• In Nigeria, abortion is legal only when performed to save a woman’s life. Still, abortions are common, and most are unsafe because they are done clandestinely, by unskilled providers or both. •...

Every child has a right to be protected from violence, abuse, and exploitation.

By John Namkwahe Arusha, 27 November: Coming from a poor family, Sarah* from Sekei in Arusha, Tanzania, this year dropped out of school due to pregnancy. “It was difficult to continue with studies...

At Kholofelo Moholola's school, 6% of girls got pregnant in a single year.

New data highlights a dramatic increase in teenage pregnancies in Kenya, which show a link between coronavirus lockdowns and access to reproductive health care.

Covid-19 has united the world in an incredibly unique way. While it is true that everyone has struggled with the fallout of this global pandemic, it has had more serious consequences on some of the...

South Sudan has one of the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy in the world, says the Health Minister. Today is World Population Day. This year’s theme is Adolescent Pregnancy. Adolescent pregnancy...

Looking at child marriage, adolescent pregnancy, as well as girls' education, this report seeks to inform policy-making in Mozambique to effectively address these issues.

In Ghana, adolescents represent 22% of the total population. The rates of adolescent pregnancies are high. Of all births registered in the country in 2014, 30% were by adolescents, and 14% of...

Abortion is punishable by 10 years in prison in this Christian nation, even for victims of rape.

Two-month-old Pride Nalova cries as her mother slaughters and roasts chicken in a restaurant in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde. Beatrice Nalova, the baby's 15-year-old mother, says she was forced to...

A report published early this year by the Ivorian Ministry of National and Technical Education says the girls were between the ages 13 and 17 ...

On world population day, the UN calls attention to the risks involved with teenage pregnancy. These are the five countries where babies are most likely to be born to a teen mom.

Teenage marriages are a larger factor than unwanted conceptions in many of the countries with the most teen pregnancies. Change Care Foundation is an international community-based non-profit,...

Liberia has an alarming high rate of teenage pregnancy. It’s estimated that on average 3 in 10 Liberian girls are pregnant before the age of 18. The rate of pregnancy among adolescent girls aged...

With health services focusing on COVID-19 patients, attention has been diverted from sexual and reproductive services.

Abortion as a public health problem in Zambia

Image showing Senegal - Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are currently pregnant)

ADOLESCENT pregnancy in Zimbabwe varies widely according to wealth, geographical location and education, the recently released 2019 UNPFA state of the world population report said.

Imbuto Foundation, the Rwanda First Lady’s Foundation, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Ministry of Youth and Culture, with the support of the Korea International Cooperation Agency...

The goal of this program is to generate knowledge about the early pregnancy phenomenon through operational research, and to develop multisectoral strategies focusing on teens, in conjunction with

Programming responses to teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone: how effective are they? This report scopes the extent of the problem and highlights gaps in current interventions

Image showing The Gambia - Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are currently pregnant)

Eight percent of teenage girls fall pregnant early in the country, reveals the 3rd 2016-2017 Demographic and Health Survey conducted by Burundi Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (ISTEEBU)....

By Gerard Molupe Ts’anatalana, 2 December: There is a challenge  of teenage pregnancy in Lesotho where some girl children are forced to drop out of school to raise their children. Lesotho Demographic...