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I have been meaning to do this thread and since I have time now, let's jump on it
We are about to do the tour of Africa together, country by country, analyze the rate of teen pregnancies and ask our dear presidents when reproductive rights are going to be their priority
#thread
We are about to do the tour of Africa together, country by country, analyze the rate of teen pregnancies and ask our dear presidents when reproductive rights are going to be their priority
#thread
1. Welcome to Nigeria where in 2014 Nigeria had 22.9% of global teen pregnancies
1.25 million unsafe abortions occur annually for girls between the age of 15 to 22
So @MBuhari when is SRHR going to be an important and crucial task to achieve in Nigeria? https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/abortion-nigeria#
1.25 million unsafe abortions occur annually for girls between the age of 15 to 22
So @MBuhari when is SRHR going to be an important and crucial task to achieve in Nigeria? https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/abortion-nigeria#
2. Welcome to Ethiopia where 79.6% of girls aged between 20-24, have experienced pregnancy during adolescence and where 1 in 27 women have died from unsafe abortion
So @PMEthiopia when are you declaring a state of emergency over the necessity of SRHR?
https://www.rutgers.international/sites/rutgersorg/files/PDF/RHRN-HLPF_A4leaflet_Ethiopia.pdf
So @PMEthiopia when are you declaring a state of emergency over the necessity of SRHR?
https://www.rutgers.international/sites/rutgersorg/files/PDF/RHRN-HLPF_A4leaflet_Ethiopia.pdf
3. Welcome to Egypt where according to UNFPA Egypt, 1/5 population are girls under the age of 20, and 1 in 4 girls have already gone through pregnancy.And Unsafe abortions double annually
so @AlsisiOfficial when is SRHR going to be on Egypt's main agenda
https://www.prb.org/adolescent-girls-in-egypt/
so @AlsisiOfficial when is SRHR going to be on Egypt's main agenda
https://www.prb.org/adolescent-girls-in-egypt/
4.Welcome to DRC, the 7th country with the highest teen pregnancies. The scariest part is that girls as young as 11 have given birth in Congo. 67% of unsafe abortions end in complications or death
So @Presidence_RDC when SRHR is becoming your URGENCY?
https://www.unicef.org/drcongo/en/what-we-do/child-protection#:~:text=Nearly%20one%20in%20two%20women,teenage%20pregnancies%20in%20the%20world.
So @Presidence_RDC when SRHR is becoming your URGENCY?
https://www.unicef.org/drcongo/en/what-we-do/child-protection#:~:text=Nearly%20one%20in%20two%20women,teenage%20pregnancies%20in%20the%20world.
5. Welcome to Tanzania where 45% of girls between 15-19 have already given birth. In 2013, Tanzania made a record of 405,000 unsafe abortions that ended mainly in complications
@MagufuliJP how many young girls have to die for SRHR to become your urgency?
https://genderlinks.org.za/news/tanzania-teenage-pregnancy-threaten-girls-education/#:~:text=Prevalence%20of%20teenage%20pregnancies&text=In%202016%2C%20there%20were%2069%2C000,some%20areas%20of%20the%20country.
@MagufuliJP how many young girls have to die for SRHR to become your urgency?
https://genderlinks.org.za/news/tanzania-teenage-pregnancy-threaten-girls-education/#:~:text=Prevalence%20of%20teenage%20pregnancies&text=In%202016%2C%20there%20were%2069%2C000,some%20areas%20of%20the%20country.
6. We are in South Africa, where about 182,000 school girls become pregnant and mainly from rape and domestic violence accounting for more than 10% of deliveries each year.
so @CyrilRamaphosa when is SRHR becoming your urgency??
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45889366#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%20182%2C000,many%20are%20still%20in%20school.&text=According%20to%20a%202016%20study,sadly%20found%20out%20first%20hand.
so @CyrilRamaphosa when is SRHR becoming your urgency??
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45889366#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%20182%2C000,many%20are%20still%20in%20school.&text=According%20to%20a%202016%20study,sadly%20found%20out%20first%20hand.
7. Welcome to Kenya where in 3-month lockdown, 152,000 teenage girls became pregnant.
1 in 5 girls has already gone through pregancy and unsafe abortion is the leading cause of death for girls,
So @StateHouseKenya when is SRHR going to be an urgency? https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/rise-in-teenage-pregnancies-during-kenya-lockdown/
1 in 5 girls has already gone through pregancy and unsafe abortion is the leading cause of death for girls,
So @StateHouseKenya when is SRHR going to be an urgency? https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/rise-in-teenage-pregnancies-during-kenya-lockdown/
8. Welcome to Uganda with the highest teen pregnancy rate in Subsaharan Africa. Over the past years, UNFPA reported an increase of 25% of annually teen pregnancies
@KagutaMuseveni how many more teen pregnancies for SRHR to be among your urgent priority? https://globalgirlsglow.org/the-consequences-of-covid-19-for-girls-in-uganda/
@KagutaMuseveni how many more teen pregnancies for SRHR to be among your urgent priority? https://globalgirlsglow.org/the-consequences-of-covid-19-for-girls-in-uganda/
9. Welcome to South Sudan where a recent study confirmed 1 in 3 girls under 19 has gone through pregnancy. Teen pregnancies are normalized by a culture that accepts child marriages
@PresSalva @SouthSudanGov is SRHR becoming your top priority soon? https://eyeradio.org/south-sudan-adolescent-pregnancy-highest-globally/
@PresSalva @SouthSudanGov is SRHR becoming your top priority soon? https://eyeradio.org/south-sudan-adolescent-pregnancy-highest-globally/
10. Welcome to Angola, with the 2nd highest teen pregnancy rate in Subsaharan Africa. In 2017,Angolan women protested against the 10 years criminalization law of abortion
@jlprdeangola when are you making SRHR an urgency and less of criminalizing women? https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/article/2001341805/angola-has-second-highest-early-pregnancy-rate-in-sub-saharan-africa
@jlprdeangola when are you making SRHR an urgency and less of criminalizing women? https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/article/2001341805/angola-has-second-highest-early-pregnancy-rate-in-sub-saharan-africa
11. Welcome to Mozambique where 11% of all maternal death are caused by unsafe abortions and 40% of girls under 18 have gone through pregnancy
@FNyusi when achieving SRHR becoming your top priority? https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/resource-centre/child-marriage-and-adolescent-pregnancy-in-mozambique-causes-and-impact/
@FNyusi when achieving SRHR becoming your top priority? https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/resource-centre/child-marriage-and-adolescent-pregnancy-in-mozambique-causes-and-impact/
12. We are in Ghana where adolescent girls are 22.4% of the population yet make 30% of registered births.
45% of abortions in Ghana are unsafe and they make the leading cause of death among Ghanaian women
@NAkufoAddo any plan for SRHR to be an urgency? …https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-017-0443-x
45% of abortions in Ghana are unsafe and they make the leading cause of death among Ghanaian women
@NAkufoAddo any plan for SRHR to be an urgency? …https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-017-0443-x
13. Welcome to Madagascar where 1/3 adolescent girls have already gone through pregnancy and more than 500 young girls die every year from unsafe abortion while abortion is punishable by 10 years
@SE_Rajoelina any chance SRHR is becoming your priority? https://www.africanews.com/2019/09/01/madagascar-s-abortion-ban-harsh-sentences-risk-lives-of-women//
@SE_Rajoelina any chance SRHR is becoming your priority? https://www.africanews.com/2019/09/01/madagascar-s-abortion-ban-harsh-sentences-risk-lives-of-women//
14. We are in Cameroon where 25% of reported pregnancies occur to adolescent girls in school who end up dropping school
40% of women aged above 20 report al least 2 abortions
@PR_Paul_BIYA how worse should it get for SRHR to be an urgency in Cameroon? https://www.voanews.com/africa/teen-pregnancies-create-health-challenges-cameroon
40% of women aged above 20 report al least 2 abortions
@PR_Paul_BIYA how worse should it get for SRHR to be an urgency in Cameroon? https://www.voanews.com/africa/teen-pregnancies-create-health-challenges-cameroon
15. Welcome to Ivory Coast, where the adolescent birth rate was 135 per 1000 women. And in 2018, more than 6 out 10 abortions were unsafe
@AOuattara_PRCI any plans when SRHR is joining your main priorities?
https://www.africanews.com/2017/04/17/over-4000-ivorian-schoolgirls-pregnant-in-2016-2017-academic-year-report//#:~:text=In%20developing%20countries%2C%207.3%20million,girls%20aged%2015%20to%2019.
@AOuattara_PRCI any plans when SRHR is joining your main priorities?
https://www.africanews.com/2017/04/17/over-4000-ivorian-schoolgirls-pregnant-in-2016-2017-academic-year-report//#:~:text=In%20developing%20countries%2C%207.3%20million,girls%20aged%2015%20to%2019.
16. Welcome to Niger where by the time girls turn 18, 75% of girls are married and 51 % have borne a child.
An estimated 456,000 unsafe abortions are done in Niger every year.
@PresidenceNiger how worse should it get for SRHR to be an urgency ?
https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-07-12/look-teen-pregnancy-around-world#:~:text=Niger%20has%20both%20the%20world%27s,percent%20have%20borne%20a%20child.
An estimated 456,000 unsafe abortions are done in Niger every year.
@PresidenceNiger how worse should it get for SRHR to be an urgency ?
https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-07-12/look-teen-pregnancy-around-world#:~:text=Niger%20has%20both%20the%20world%27s,percent%20have%20borne%20a%20child.
17. We are in Chad where 47% of women had a baby before they turn 18
Ministry of Health recently named maternal mortality as one of the country's "most severe problems due to unsafe abortions"
@MIdrissDebyItno Quand la SDSR devient-elle votre priorité?
https://tradingeconomics.com/chad/teenage-pregnancy-and-motherhood-percent-of-women-ages-15-19-who-have-had-children-or-are-currently-pregnant-q5-highest-wb-data.html
Ministry of Health recently named maternal mortality as one of the country's "most severe problems due to unsafe abortions"
@MIdrissDebyItno Quand la SDSR devient-elle votre priorité?
https://tradingeconomics.com/chad/teenage-pregnancy-and-motherhood-percent-of-women-ages-15-19-who-have-had-children-or-are-currently-pregnant-q5-highest-wb-data.html
18. Welcome to Mali, 55% of girls under 18 women marry, and about 40 % have children.
82% of girls who don't use contraceptives wish they could.
Who to tag? well Mali doesn't have a president yet lol https://www.changecarefoundation.org/highest-teen-pregnancy-rates-worldwide/
82% of girls who don't use contraceptives wish they could.
Who to tag? well Mali doesn't have a president yet lol https://www.changecarefoundation.org/highest-teen-pregnancy-rates-worldwide/
19. We are in Liberia in the grip of a child-rape epidemic. 38% of Liberian women have a baby before they turn 18. Research shows that close to 20 % of those pregnancies are the result of rape
@GeorgeWeahOff how long until SRHR becomes your top urgency?
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2010/young-female-and-pregnant-in-liberia#:~:text=Liberia%20has%20an%20alarming%20high,42%25%20and%2024%25%20respectively.
@GeorgeWeahOff how long until SRHR becomes your top urgency?
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2010/young-female-and-pregnant-in-liberia#:~:text=Liberia%20has%20an%20alarming%20high,42%25%20and%2024%25%20respectively.
20. Welcome to Malawi where since March, over 10,000 teen pregnancies were recorded and 4000 child marriages occurred.
Each year 141,000 of abortions occur, 75% are unsafe, end in complications
@LAZARUSCHAKWERA any chance SRHR is becoming an urgency? https://www.africanews.com/2020/09/04/teen-pregnancies-rise-in-malawi-amid-coronavirus-pandemic//
Each year 141,000 of abortions occur, 75% are unsafe, end in complications
@LAZARUSCHAKWERA any chance SRHR is becoming an urgency? https://www.africanews.com/2020/09/04/teen-pregnancies-rise-in-malawi-amid-coronavirus-pandemic//
21. We are in Zambia where according to the ZDHS reports 31.6% of girls aged 15-19 already had a birth or were pregnant. 30% of abortions account for maternal mortality rates.
@EdgarCLungu how worse should it get for SRHR to join your main priorities?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8816322/#:~:text=Unsafe%20abortion%20is%20a%20major,approximately%2030%25%20of%20such%20mortality.
@EdgarCLungu how worse should it get for SRHR to join your main priorities?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8816322/#:~:text=Unsafe%20abortion%20is%20a%20major,approximately%2030%25%20of%20such%20mortality.
22. Welcome to Senegal where Teenage mothers aged 15-19, who have had children or are currently pregnant, make 16.4%
@Macky_Sall any chance, SRHR is becoming your priority??
https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/senegal/indicator/SP.MTR.1519.ZS#:~:text=Health%20%3E%20Reproductive%20health-,Senegal%20%2D%20Teenage%20mothers%20(%25%20of%20women%20ages%2015%2D19%20who,value%20was%2015.50%20in%202013.
@Macky_Sall any chance, SRHR is becoming your priority??
https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/senegal/indicator/SP.MTR.1519.ZS#:~:text=Health%20%3E%20Reproductive%20health-,Senegal%20%2D%20Teenage%20mothers%20(%25%20of%20women%20ages%2015%2D19%20who,value%20was%2015.50%20in%202013.
23. We are in Zimbabwe with nearly 1 in 10 adolescent girls aged between 15 and 19 years, give birth every year while many die or are injured during childbirth.
@edmnangagwa any chance SRHR is becoming an urgent priority?
https://allafrica.com/stories/201905130226.html#:~:text=Zimbabwe%3A%20Teenage%20Pregnancy%20Higher%20in%20Primary%20Than%20High%20Schools,-12%20May%202019&text=The%20report%20says%20the%20fertility,or%20are%20injured%20during%20childbirth.
@edmnangagwa any chance SRHR is becoming an urgent priority?
https://allafrica.com/stories/201905130226.html#:~:text=Zimbabwe%3A%20Teenage%20Pregnancy%20Higher%20in%20Primary%20Than%20High%20Schools,-12%20May%202019&text=The%20report%20says%20the%20fertility,or%20are%20injured%20during%20childbirth.
24. Welcome to Rwanda where the latest Health Survey found that the teenage pregnancies have increased from 4.1% in 2005 to 7.3% in 2015, with the rate in some regions reaching as high as 15.8%
@PaulKagame is SRHR becoming an urgent urgency? https://rwanda.un.org/en/31433-tackling-teenage-pregnancy-rwanda-youth-led-innovation
@PaulKagame is SRHR becoming an urgent urgency? https://rwanda.un.org/en/31433-tackling-teenage-pregnancy-rwanda-youth-led-innovation
25. We are in Togo where girls' education faces the challenge of teen pregnancy. 17% of girls aged 15 to 19 have already given birth.
@FEGnassingbe any chance SRHR is joining you main priorities soon? https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/multisectoral-approaches-early-pregnancy-prevention-colleges-togo
@FEGnassingbe any chance SRHR is joining you main priorities soon? https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/multisectoral-approaches-early-pregnancy-prevention-colleges-togo
26. Welcome to Sierra Leonne where teenage pregnancy has long been a problem. In 2013 the country ranked among the ten highest in the world with 28% of girls aged 15-19 already having given birth
@PresidentBio when are you making SRHR your priority? https://www.odi.org/publications/10396-teenage-pregnancy-after-ebola-sierra-leone-mapping-responses-gaps-and-ongoing-challenges#:~:text=Teenage%20pregnancy%20has%20long%20been,UNFPA%2C%202015%3A%205
@PresidentBio when are you making SRHR your priority? https://www.odi.org/publications/10396-teenage-pregnancy-after-ebola-sierra-leone-mapping-responses-gaps-and-ongoing-challenges#:~:text=Teenage%20pregnancy%20has%20long%20been,UNFPA%2C%202015%3A%205
27. We are in Gambia where teenage pregnancy affects almost one in five adolescent girls age 15 to 19 and an anti-abortion law that sentences to 14 years of prison. Wile unsafe abortions double
@BarrowPresident when is SRHR becoming an urgency? https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/the-gambia/indicator/SP.MTR.1519.ZS
@BarrowPresident when is SRHR becoming an urgency? https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/the-gambia/indicator/SP.MTR.1519.ZS
28. Welcome to Namibia where teenage pregnancy has been on the rise in the past decade and today, close to a fifth (19 percent) of young women between the ages of 15 and 19 have begun childbearing.
@hagegeingob any chance SRHR is becoming your priority?
https://www.unicef.org/namibia/Adolescents_fact_sheet_print.pdf
@hagegeingob any chance SRHR is becoming your priority?
https://www.unicef.org/namibia/Adolescents_fact_sheet_print.pdf
29. Welcome to Burundi where teenage girls are punished of being pregnant and often forced to drop out with a teen pregnancy rate as high as 10%
@GeneralNeva any chance SRHR is joining your main priority? https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/englishnews/8-of-adolescent-girls-fell-pregnant-in-burundi-reveals-isteebu-report/
@GeneralNeva any chance SRHR is joining your main priority? https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/englishnews/8-of-adolescent-girls-fell-pregnant-in-burundi-reveals-isteebu-report/
30. We are in Lesotho, where Health Survey (LDHS) shows that teenage pregnancy in Lesotho is at 25.1%.
@health_lesotho any chance SRHR is your urgent priority https://genderlinks.org.za/news/lesotho-teenage-pregnancy-growing-concern-in-tsanatalana/#:~:text=Lesotho%20Demographic%20Health%20Survey%20
@health_lesotho any chance SRHR is your urgent priority https://genderlinks.org.za/news/lesotho-teenage-pregnancy-growing-concern-in-tsanatalana/#:~:text=Lesotho%20Demographic%20Health%20Survey%20
Okay people, I am ending my thread here. 25 countries left and with similar data and there is the truth: the future of young girls is never cared for. Thanks to patriarchy
SRHR is about women's liberation.
SRHR is about women's liberation.
