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ALL HANDS ON DECK: Women’s health specialists and academics led an outreach at Grassland Secondary School, Mangaung, meeting 200 teens and 50 parents on teen pregnancy solutions, while also training health workers on the issue. (Zozo Nene)
CHILD WELFARE

One in seven mothers in South Africa are teens, data shows

Nearly 365 teenagers give birth in South Africa every day, with 10 of those daily births to mothers younger than 15

  • Anna-Maria van Niekerk
  • Linda Pretorius
  • Laura Grant
8 min read
Young women struggling with unplanned pregnancies — often victims of sexual violence and toxic masculinity — need help. (Photo by Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images)
ABUSE

Counting the costs of childbirth in young girls

Among other psychosocial concerns, pre-teen and teenage births contribute to poor mother and child nutrition results

  • Marcia Zali
5 min read