Many countries have taken up the cause of preventing adolescent pregnancies, often through actions aimed at changing a girl’s behaviour. Implicit in such interventions are a belief that the girl is responsible for preventing pregnancy and an assumption that if she does become pregnant, she is at faul
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Publication
State of World Population Report - Motherhood in Childhood
Facing the challenge of adolescent pregnancy
No. of pages: 116
Publication date: 2013
Author: UNFPA