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Recent reports have exposed child trafficking, neglect and abuse on a shocking  scale inside Ukraine’s own state and state-linked systems.

Teenage pregnancy – which is often child rape – should enrage us

Fixing the system starts at home, where parents and guardians who shield the perpetrators of sexual assault must be held accountable for their complicity

Men are also ‘corrective rape’ victims

Many men, thanks to social stigmas, are ashamed to report sexual hate crimes – but they are almost as common as they are against lesbians.

Social media fans suicidal fire

There is growing evidence which suggests interactions on social media sites like Facebook romanticise suicide for teenagers part of emo subcultures.

Young people at one of loveLife’s youth-friendly clinics. (loveLife)

One more barrier to overcome

It is important to be treated with respect by healthcare workers.

According to the data, a total of 29 996 pupils are known to have been pregnant during the course of 2012. (David Harrison, M&G)

Sex education lacking at schools

The education programmes that should support young people’s quest for knowledge about sex are struggling, mainly due to teachers’ conservatism.

LoveLife helps youth redirect their lives

<i>Mpintshi</i> volunteers are helping young people make life choices that will protect them against HIV.

LoveLife’s goGos get kudos

LoveLife’s goGos get kudos

GoGogetters encourage community awareness and solidarity with the orphans and vulnerable children who have to overcome many challenges.

Criminalising teen sex is getting us nowhere

Criminalising teen sex is getting us nowhere

The Sexual Offences Act of 2007, which criminalises consensual sex and kissing from 12 to 16-year-olds, is not helping HIV rates, a forum has heard.

loveLife launches reality TV show

Called <em>Make Your Move</em>, the show aims to equip young people with the tools to change their situations by themselves.

Empowerment needs connections

It’s about much more than pin-stripes and requires business and other leaders to open up social and economic connections between the world of plenty.

Young … and free

By taking to the streets with courage and a strong sense of defiance, those brave young people involved in the Soweto uprisings helped to bring down apartheid and usher in the…

loveLife gets attitude

The new loveLife campaign for 2005 was launched last week. It is again a message that is hard to understand.