Tuesday, June 14, 2016

End teenage pregnancy in Kisumu County – The Standard Digital News (press release) (blog)

Unintended pregnancy is among the main sets off of adolescent girls dropping from school in Kisumu County. It is estimated that 2 from 6 girls in Kisumu county drops from school because of unintended pregnancy. Cases of teenage pregnancy are regard the rise in Kisumu County and we have actually turned a blind eye regard this problem.

Teenage pregnancy is a human ideal violation and is a manifestation of poor access to comprehensive sex-related education, shortage of sex-related reproductive healthiness and rights short article and services, poverty, gender inequality and the voiceless youth.

Many adolescent girls in Kisumu County have actually fallen victims to teenage pregnancy and have actually been required to abandon their dreams and goals. Being an adolescent girl in Kisumu county implies having restricted future as a result of the also Numerous downfalls that surrounds them.

The underlying sets off of for teenage pregnancy in Kisumu County are complex and contain troubles such as social cultural material that doesn’t sustain sex-related reproductive healthiness and rights, shortage of sex-related reproductive healthiness and rights services, shortage of comprehensive sex-related education, gender inequality and poverty.

It is estimated that for each 5 women in Kisumu County, 2 are adolescent girls.  Adolescent girls are among the vulnerable group in the society. They are typically at a better risk of ailment and also death from pregnancy related complications.

There is really a reason for modification regard exactly how teenage pregnancy is being handled in Kisumu County. Teenage pregnancy is not normal.  No youngster must bear a child. Adolescent girls are not also young to be in reason of sex-related reproductive healthiness and rights short article and services.

If we actually care concerning the healthiness and future of young girls in this county, we must develop a benign ambience for them by availing high quality sex-related reproductive healthiness and rights solutions and information. I believe that as soon as an adolescent girl is equipped along with sex-related reproductive healthiness and rights information, she can easily choose once and whom to have actually youngsters with,

I likewise call upon the leaders in Kisumu County to implement policies that revolve about adolescents’ healthiness to the latter. Kenya is known for designing excellent policies yet are unsatisfactory in implementing them. Policies such as Adolescents sex-related Reproductive healthiness and Rights policy, youngsters Act, Youth Friendly Policy among others must be implemented to the latter.