teen pregnancies Stories

The dialogue ended with a unanimous call for a coordinated, multi-sectoral approach to tackle the root causes of HIV, adolescent pregnancies, and gend...

The survey also reveals that 11 per cent of adolescent girls in this age group have had a live birth, 14.9 per cent have been pregnant at least once,...

Allan Maleche, Executive Director of the Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network and one of the event’s organisers, challenged the reliance on age alon...

Until now, these medicines were only allowed in Level 4 hospitals and higher. Their limited availability and frequent stockouts contributed to the cou...

This is not the first time the alarm has been raised. In 2024, both KHRC and MUHURI urged the government to act, citing earlier findings by the Kenya...

MUHURI noted that many of these pregnancies stemmed from rape, defilement, and early marriages, indicating widespread violations of girls’ rights.

The alarming figures showed that 35 per cent of women who fell pregnant reported having used contraceptives, raising fears about the quality and relia...

The study report reveals that in Kenya, 72 per cent of adolescent girls aged 15-19 are currently in school, not employed, childless, and unmarried.

The two pride themselves on successfully training more than 50 teen moms to earn a living through art, tailoring and beauty.

They say parents shy away from talking to their children about sexual and reproductive health, causing them to seek this information from inexperience...

Airbase Ward was said to be leading in teen pregnancies in Kamukunji Constituency.