Tag: Teenage pregnancies
Defilement
Gender experts now want teenage pregnancies declared a national disaster. This follows a spike in number of girls reportedly impregnated during the Covid-19 pandemic period. During a webinar on …
Opinion
The government’s health survey recently attributed a spike in teenage pregnancies to the Covid-19 lockdown. Since the pandemic hit Kenya in March, social workers have been warning us about …
Defilement
Sexual violence against girls aged between 13-18 years remains high in the country with 45,9 9% 0f girls experiencing childhood violence according to the 2019 violence against children survey. …
Defilement
Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman said ‘a slight increase’ in reported teenage pregnancies in the country are not as alarming as projected in the media Rashid Aman was …
National
A new report by an Amref Youth-led group now shows that 13,000 girls drop out of school annually due to early pregnancies. The group leader, Rasheed Mutaha said it …
Disaster
A Class Five pupil who gave birth a week ago has been rescued from marriage in Suba sub-county. The 13-year-old went missing from her parents’ home in Suba East …
Health
President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed that all pregnant schoolgirls be registered to ensure they access free pre and post-natal care, Education Chief Administrative Secretary Zack Kinuthia has revealed. He …
Disaster
A vividly angry CS reprimanded parents for failure to play their eyesight role over there children. Professor George Magoha while addressing parents and stakeholders earlier today blamed parents for …
Disaster
President Uhuru Kenyatta now says there will be hell to pay for those who have impregnated minors across the country. President Kenyatta was speaking on Thursday at the KICC …
Disaster
Over twenty teenage girls who are below eighteen years of age have been reported pregnant and some have given birth. The data by Ahadi Kenya Foundation which was taken …
Disaster
The Murang’a County government has raised the alarm over increased cases of teenage pregnancies and has called for concerted efforts to arrest the situation. According to a study conducted …
