Her future depends on our actions today
by Francoise Girard
International Women's Health Coalition
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Family planning programs still tend to focus on married women, leaving adolescent girls without access to contraceptives
At 1.8 billion, the world’s youth population is at an all-time high. Many are young women and girls who are sexually active and want to prevent pregnancy, stay healthy, and plan their futures.
Yet information and services about contraception remain out of reach. Without that access, these girls are more likely to drop out of or be expelled from school, and they are more susceptible to unwanted pregnancy, unsafe abortion, early and forced marriage, and sexually transmitted infections including HIV.
Continued at source: Reuters: http://news.trust.org/item/20170710104937-vm6ri