Uganda: Project Helps Young People With Sexual Health Info and Rights

In Uganda, many young people lack access to quality information on sexual and reproductive health, but a project called Link Up is helping to change this.

Many young girls work in a risky environment like bars, kiosks, or lodges at a tender age in order to earn a living. Lydia* is a 17-year-old adolescent girl working in one of the top bars in Mukono, Uganda. She said: "I have to work to get what I eat and mostly in the night in order to get more money."

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