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Early and unintended pregnancy (EUP)
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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
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My First Baby: Guide for Adolescent Girls
Due to the pervasiveness of early child marriage in Nepal, Save the Children recognizes the need for expanding comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services that reach married adolescent girls and first-time parents. This vulnerable population has
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Emerging Evidence, Lessons and Practice in Comprehensive Sexuality Education: A global review, 2015
According to UNESCO, comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is an ’age-appropriate, culturally relevant approach to teaching about sexuality and relationships by providing scientifically accurate, realistic, non-judgmental information’. This report provi
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Shamed and Blamed: Pregnant girls' rights at risk in Sierra Leone
In April 2015, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Education, Science and Technology made official government policy an existing ban on visibly pregnant girls attending schools or taking exams. In addition to pregnancy testing practices that humiliate girls, thi
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Adolescent Girls in the Balance: Changes and continuity in social norms and practices around marriage and education in Uganda
Despite progress made in Uganda to reduce poverty, expand educational opportunities and improve gender equality, national and regional data surveys show that an alarming number of adolescents are still living in poverty, are deprived of educational opport
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An Overview of the Community Driven Intervention to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Sierra Leone
Globally, the dominant approaches used by NGOs to establish or support community-based child protection mechanisms are characterized by relatively low levels of community ownership. This is problematic since community ownership is one of the primary deter
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Charting the Future: Empowering girls to prevent early pregnancies
Adolescent pregnancy is dangerous – and sometimes fatal. In developing countries it is the leading cause of death for adolescent girls, generally affecting the poorest girls in the poorest countries. In developing countries, teenage pregnancy is rarely th