Instead of asking, ‘How can teenage pregnancies be prevented?’, the following question should be posed: ‘How can reproductive injustices in relation to young women be reduced?
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An increase in the adolescent pregnancy rate strongly suggests challenges with accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare services for this vulnerable age group.
Local research is particularly needed to assess existing policies and inform efforts to implement them better.
Policies are needed to prevent child marriage and protect women who marry as children from abusive relationships.
Adolescent girls can contribute to social change, economic growth, sustainable development and peaceful societies. They should be able to live their lives free from violence.
Social norms, practices and attitudes in African societies hinder the lives, survival and development of girls.
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research/M&E Officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior Lecturer, Rhodes University
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Specialist Scientist, Health Systems, South African Medical Research Council
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Professor of Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis
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Lecturer, James Cook University
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PhD (Public Health) student at the school of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
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Extraordinary Research Fellow: South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability, Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Professor of Psychology, Rhodes University