teen pregnancies

State unveils initiative to help curb adolescent pregnancies

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Health Ministry has launched a campaign to curb teenage pregnancies and spread of HIV among adolescents. The campaign dubbed […]

Teen pregnancies: Kagwe calls for stiffer penalties

Reading Time: 2 minutes Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday called for severe punishment of people responsible for teenage pregnancies. Speaking when he […]

Alarm over rise in teen pregnancies at helpless schools

Reading Time: 2 minutes Teenage pregnancies are becoming a big concern, with lobby groups urging county governments to develop relevant policies. Speaking at the […]

Six thousand girls quit school in Dar

Reading Time: 2 minutes The law says the girls can be expelled and excluded from school for "offenses against morality" and "wedlock".

Meru: 3 girls sit KCPE in labour wards, 233 while pregnant

Reading Time: 2 minutes Three KCPE candidates in Meru county are sitting their exam in hospital after successfully giving birth while 233 others are said to be heavy .

We need to deal with teen pregnancies more seriously

Reading Time: 3 minutes JEBET RONO As a journalist and community actor stirred-up by a passion for the rights of girls and women, my […]

As schools remain closed, teen pregnancies rise

Reading Time: 3 minutes  As Kenya struggles to flatten the coronavirus curve, the country is facing another outbreak; teenage pregnancies. Education stakeholders fear children’s […]

Women MPs demand more funds to support teen mothers

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) is demanding more funds from the national government to cater for teen mothers in […]

Teen pregnancies an indictment on society

Reading Time: 2 minutes On Tuesday, June 16, Kenya joined the world in marking the Day of the African Child. The day — whose […]

Migori county teen pregnancies on rise

Reading Time: 2 minutes A medical expert in Migori county has raised concern over increasing adolescent pregnancy rate in the region that is negatively […]