Teenage pregnancy makes visible the pressures, relationships and reproductive conditions that shape young people’s lives across southern Africa.
- Professor Gender and Childhood Sexuality, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Sex is all over the internet, and girls engage with it in many different ways. They shouldn’t be judged for it.
At the heart of the issue for school children, parents, caregivers and teachers is to confront from a very young age the question of sex, sexuality and gender.
Pupils who are victimised at school tend to perform poorly academically, are regularly absent from school, suffer psychological trauma and may eventually drop out of school.
The school playground is not just a place to have fun. It’s an important space to claim power and this is often done through violence.
South Africa has a low number of male teachers in the foundation phase. Why this must change.
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