Young women bear heaviest HIV & TB burden — 800 new cases weekly in SA
Cape Town – Women aged 15 to 24 in South Africa are now experiencing the highest weekly rates of... Read more
10 Sep
‛My father insisted that I have the baby, but not in his house’ – Kenya’s teen mums lack support
Anthony Idowu Ajayi, African Population and Health Research Center and Caroline W. Kabiru, African Population and Health Research Center... Read more
8 Jan
War affects girls and boys differently: what we found in our study of children in the DRC
Roos van der Haer, Leiden University and Kathleen J. Brown, Leiden University War has become a regular part of... Read more
25 Sep, 2024
NPO donates over 500 sanitary products to Cape Town schools
By Matthew Petersen Cape Town – Many adolescent girls in South Africa struggle with access to sanitary products and... Read more
11 Apr, 2023
Taliban order Afghan girls’ schools shut hours after reopening
Kabul – The Taliban ordered secondary girls’ schools in Afghanistan to shut on Wednesday just hours after they reopened, an... Read more
23 Mar, 2022
Over 23 000 girls under 18 give birth in Gauteng as SA teen pregnancies surge
Johannesburg – Coronavirus lockdown measures in South Africa have limited young girls’ access to contraception and abortion, resulting in... Read more
24 Aug, 2021
