Stories: Teenage Pregnancy
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In Honduras, Battle to Help Sex Assault Victims Spotlights ‘Missing Tool’
Dr. Cinthia Gómez is on a mission to help victims of sexual assault. It's a major undertaking in Honduras, where domestic violence and murders targeting women occur with impunity – and where half of babies born to girls ages 15 to 19 are the result of rape. When victims of sexual assault arrive at Tegucigalpa's largest public...
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South Africa Gives School Children Access to Condoms, While India Still Debates Sex Education
In a drastic measure to combat sexually transmitted infections, the South African government in July launched a programme giving primary school children as young as 10 years old access to condoms. Gazetted in May this year and implemented by the department of basic education, the policy will introduce mandatory sex education from primary school to high school. Students between...