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77 % of Teenage Pregnancies in Korogocho are Unintended-Research

About 77 percent of pregnant teenage mothers in Korogocho slums reported having unintended pregnancies in a research conducted by the African Population Health and Research Centre. Approximately 72 percent were single and 49 percent were still in school at the time they became pregnant for the first time. Most girls first had sex while still […]

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Government to Develop Unpaid Care and Domestic Work Policy to Empower Women in Childcare

Plans to develop a national unpaid care and domestic work policy by the government is underway according to the State Department of Gender in the Ministry of Public Service. The ministry said the plan has been on the pipeline for a while now. The policy aims to empower women, especially those in the childcare sector. Miriam […]