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Uganda: 23,000 Girls Impregnated in Lango in One Year - NGO
Monitor, 5 October 2021
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Uganda: Repeat Adolescent Births Worrying - Study
Observer, 15 September 2021
A recent research has issued grim warnings about the wellbeing of thousands of girls in Uganda, as repeat adolescent births fail to drop in nearly three decades. Read more »
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Uganda: Teen Pregnancies a Sign of Poor Parenting Not State Failure - Janet
Observer, 21 August 2021
Parents should stop blaming government and instead take full responsibility for the outcomes of poor upbringing of their children, First Lady and minister of Education and Sports,… Read more »
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Uganda: 14,000 Children Sexually Assaulted Since First Lockdown - Govt Agency
Monitor, 1 October 2021
More than 14,000 children have been defiled since the Covid-19 pandemic forced the country into the first lockdown last March, the government has said. Read more »
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Uganda: Teenage Pregnancies Surge in Busoga
Monitor, 7 September 2021
The increasing number of teenage pregnancies in some parts of Busoga sub-region has been attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report released by Marie Stopes Uganda. Read more »
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Uganda: Contraceptives for Teenagers Divides Opinion
Monitor, 19 March 2021
In January 2020, Uganda's teenage pregnancy rate stood at 25 percent, according to statistical data provided by the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016. This meant that in… Read more »
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Uganda: 4,300 Teenage Pregnancies Reported in 4 Months
Monitor, 26 October 2020
At least 4,300 teenage pregnancies were registered in the first four months of the Covid-19 lockdown by the ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. Read more »