The surge in Teenage Pregnancy Rate in West Nile, particularly in Zombo district as of Financial Year 2023/24 (June 2023-July 2024) stands at 28.3% higher than the Regional and National rate of 20.7% and 25.3% respectively. This signifies that in every 100 pregnancies,28 are teenagers below 18 years, imposing a big threat on girl child education completion as well as on the efforts put in place by other actors in narrowing the already existing gap in gender inequality in rural communities.
Every year,teenage pregnancy disrupts 5 in 20 girls aged14-19 years from completing their education and training,resulting into child marriage and subsequent exposure to domestic violence,stigma and rejection from parents, peers and partners,financial stress and homelessness,higher risk to depression and other mental health complications. Obstetric fistula has also been frequently reported in the age group of 14-19 years,this imposes a big threat to socio-economic development of our community.
This project will engage the community and other stakeholders to formulate,enforce by-laws,policies that compels all caretakers to send children to school. Give age appropriate information on Sexual Reproductive Health and Comprehensive Sexuality education to the adolescent girls. Conduct targeted inter-generational and multisector dialogues to equip the community leaders and caretakers with knowledge on how to mitigate the dangers of harmful social gender norms. Train teachers,engage boys ,men
1.The knowledge gap regarding Sexuality education that has for long been in existence is fully addressed in our community. 2. Young people are equipped with age appropriate information on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, giving them access to utilization of Sexual Reproductive Health commodities and services. 3.Championed youths shall champion the community by conveying the knowledge acquired to the community for a sustainable results. 4.Negative social gender norms and myths minimized.
This project has provided additional documentation in a DOCX file (projdoc.docx).
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