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Teenage pregnancy

March 2022

  • Susan Lohan at Temple Hill House Dublin 017

    The outspoken
    ‘A nun called me a destroyer of lives’: how adoption rights activist Susan Lohan fought the Irish establishment

    Adopted as a baby, denied any information about her natural parents, Lohan has spent years fighting for the church and state to reveal what they know – about her and the thousands of others in the same position

November 2021

  • The names of children who died at Bessborough mother and baby home in County Cork, projected onto Athlone castle in County Westmeath in February.

    Irish government agrees €800m package for mother and baby home survivors

    About 34,000 people thought to be eligible for compensation, including those born in church-run homes

August 2021

  • Young people by the River Ganga in Kolkata, India

    ‘My crime is I fell in love’: should India rethink tough laws on underage sex?

    Laws intended to tackle child abuse are resulting in young men in consensual relationships being imprisoned. Activists argue a more nuanced approach is needed

July 2021

  • Sahumani Secondary school in Nyanga, Zimbabwe, November 2020

    ‘Contraception divides opinion’: tackling taboos in Zimbabwe as teen pregnancies soar

    With Covid lockdowns blamed for rising rates, MPs and teachers say it’s time to ‘face reality’ and allow younger teens access to birth control

May 2021

  • Esther Freud in her garden

    My mum escaped the cruelty of Ireland’s mother and baby homes. I might not be alive if she hadn’t

    While writing about the notorious laundries for ‘fallen women’, novelist Esther Freud was chilled to discover how close her own mother came to ending up in one

February 2021

  • Children wait for their mothers at the Serene Haven school

    Kenya's Serene Haven school opens doors to teenage mothers - in pictures

    Private school in central Kenya is welcoming pregnant teenagers, teenage mothers and their babies to ensure they have the chance to finish an education otherwise denied to them by stigma, logistics and lack of money

January 2021

  • Natsiraishe Maritsa and her siblings

    The teenage taekwondo trainer fighting child marriage in Zimbabwe – photo essay

    Natsiraishe Maritsa saw so many friends being forced into marriage that she started a campaign to drive out the practice

December 2020

  • Jackline, 17, who is seven months pregnant, holds a doll

    'Sex for sanitary pads': how Kenya's lockdown led to a rise in teenage pregnancy

    Girls who got free sanitary products at school were pushed to desperate measures in what is being called a shadow pandemic

October 2020

  • David Miliband

    Disadvantage begins at birth for women caught up in conflict

    David Miliband
    Gender action plans must be implemented in crisis zones to alleviate the suffering of women and girls

March 2020

  • Girls with their babies in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

    Sierra Leone lifts ban on pregnant girls going to school but shutdown expected

    Decision hailed as ‘victory’ comes amid warnings that coronavirus could close schools and leave teenagers vulnerable in quarantine

December 2019

  • A pregnant woman holding her stomach

    Record number of over-45s giving birth in England

    More than 2,000 women aged 45 and older had babies last year, ONS figures show

October 2019

  • Young women read a leaflet about sex education and women's empowerment in Sankhu community clinic, Nepal.

    'I've read how people get catfished': sex education around the world

    To mark International Day of the Girl, we asked teenage girls around the world how they learned about sex and relationships

July 2019

  • A sex education class in Caldas.

    Robot babies teach Colombian teenagers about parenthood – in pictures

    Schoolchildren in Caldas take part in a voluntary project using a rubber doll with built-in software programmed to act like a newborn

March 2019

  • Olive became pregnant while finishing her last year in school. She wanted to abort but couldn’t raise the fees. After the baby was born, she felt a deep sense of loneliness. 31 May 2018, Kacyiru, Rwanda Olive Uningabire 20 Daughter Giselle 2 years

    'There is no tomorrow for me': Rwanda's teen mothers – in pictures

    Young unmarried mothers are often forced to live in poverty, unable to find work and shunned by their families and communities

January 2019

  • A maternity ward

    Girl, 12, gives birth in Perth, prompting questions from police and welfare agencies

    Police spokeswoman says they are working with families involved and the Department of Communities

March 2018

  • Celinda, from Bougainville in PNG, was 13 when she was first married. She soon fell pregnant, and her brief marriage was marred by domestic violence.

    Rising teenage pregnancy rates in east Asia Pacific spark health warning

    Plan International issues call to action on teen pregnancy, which is becoming less common in all other regions

January 2018

  • Chelsie Pryer with her daughter, May.

    'I will always be amazed that I didn’t guess I was pregnant': having a baby at 15

  • Teenage girl holding pregnancy test stick

    Dear Mariella
    My 18-year-old daughter is having a baby with my stepson

December 2017

  • Scene of a murder in Stockport.

    Crime, terrorism and teen pregnancies: is it all doom and gloom? Only in our minds

    Bobby Duffy
  • Male prisoner in HMP Wandsworth

    Datablog
    Do you know the state of your country? Take the test, as poll reveals perception gap

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