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Early and unintended pregnancy (EUP)
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Consequences for Adolescents When They Become Pregnant, and Become Mothers
When an adolescent becomes pregnant, her life can change radically – especially if the pregnancy is unplanned. This rapid review presents information on consequences of adolescent pregnancy and adolescent motherhood in low-income countries, low- and middl
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Global Childhood Report 2019: Changing lives in our lifetime
In commemoration of its founding 100 years ago, Save the Children releases its third annual Global Childhood Report to celebrate progress for children. Children born today have a better chance than at any time in history to grow up healthy, educated and p
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Recognizing The Diversity of Adolescents and Youth: Review of service delivery approaches to reach adolescents and youth
This is a snapshot of the diversity that was found among adolescents and youths through review of service delivery approaches on Family Planning in hard to reach and under-served areas of Mwanza, Neno, Ntchisi, Nkhatabay and Rumphi
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Early Marriage, Pregnancy and Girl Child School Dropout
The aim of this review was to present the recent evidence on the impact of early marriage and/or pregnancy on the rates of girl child drop out. It also synthesises evidence that focus on laws, policies and practices that force pregnant girls or new mother
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Working Together to End Child Marriage: How governments can end child marriage by accelerating coordinated action across education, health, protection, and other sectors
Child marriage is an extreme violation of children’s rights and a serious form of child abuse. It robs girls of their agency, their childhood, their wellbeing, and their potential. Being married too young forces girls into physical and emotional relations
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Adolescent Pregnancy in Cambodia’s Northeast
LEARNING PACKAGE is from the Partnering To Save Lives Project, of which Save the Children is a member. An increase in teenage pregnancy among Cambodia’s adolescents, particularly in the northeast, has raised questions and concerns for health, social and e
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Every Last Child Country Spotlight: Peru
Save the Children is campaigning at an international and national level to achieve the greatest impact for children with the Every Last Child Campaign. In Peru, 11% of babies were born to mothers under 18 years of age. It is estimated that 60% of mothers
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Educating Girls: Reducing teenage pregnancy in Malawi
The program “More educated girls – Reducing teenage pregnancies in Malawi” (2014- 2016) (RTP) is a test and invest project financed by Save the Children Norway/Norad and implemented by Save the Children Malawi and partners. The project aims to retain girl
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Adolescents and Youth: A comprehensive approach in Latin America and the Caribbean
Save the Children recognizes adolescents and youth as social actors and agents of change, yet they often face significant rights violations and lack of access to education and other services. Save the Children programming prioritizes the needs of adolesce
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Embarazo y Maternidad en la Adolescencia
Embarazo y maternidad adolescente – estado de las madres en México (Adolescent pregnancy and maternity – State of Mexico’s mothers) is part of Save the Children’s wider campaign Every Last Girl. Amongst the OECD countries, Mexico has the highest rate of a
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Every Last Child Country Spotlight: Sierra Leone
Save the Children is campaigning at an international and national level to achieve the greatest impact for children with the Every Last Child Campaign. High teenage pregnancy rate remains a perennial challenge for Sierra Leone’s 3.5 million child populati
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Child Marriage and Adolescent Pregnancy in Mozambique: Causes and impact
This study measures the magnitude, trends over time, determinants and impacts of child marriage and adolescent marriage in Mozambique. It finds that 14.3% of girls between the ages of 20 and 24 were married before 15 years of age while 48.2% of girls in t