Tag: adolescents

Data has been collected on the Real Choice Real Lives study for 14 years, a study which tracks the lives of girls and their families in nine countries around the world.  This unique longitudinal and qualitative study offers valuable insights into the life cycle of girls and the choices, decisions and realities that shape their […]

Abstract: In this paper, we present the results of a qualitative study by a non-profit organisation implementing a community-based urban adolescent development programme. The study highlights the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) situation of marginalised young women in a developed state of India. Our findings, based on in-depth interviews with young women and […]

Introduction Twenty-three percent of Ethiopia’s estimated 117.9 million people are aged 10–19. Young people often face major sexual and reproductive health challenges, including a lack of access to services and high levels of child marriage, early childbearing, unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion and exposure to STIs, including HIV. Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health has made adolescent sexual […]

This study has been conducted by Cecilia Espinoza (Ipas Senior Advocacy Advisor), Ghazaleh Samandari (Independent consultant) and Kathryn Andersen (Chief Scientific and Technical Officer) from Ipas, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Adolescent girls comprise a considerable proportion of annual abortion deaths, worldwide, with 15% of all unsafe abortions taking place among girls under 20 years of age. […]

Share-Net Burundi implemented the Share-Net International Rapid Improvement Model (SHIRIM) on Knowledge Translation from 2017-2019. This report is part of Share-Net Burundi’s Knowledge Collaborative on addressing Teenage Pregnancy in Burundi entitled ‘Analysing the current mechanisms of monitoring adolescent pregnancies in Burundi / Analyse Du Systeme De Documentation Sanitaure Sur Les Grossesses Des Adolescentes De 10-19 […]