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Educating Kenyans about Pregnancy

Thousands of school girls have unsafe illegal abortions in Kenya every year

Thousands of young people have unsafe ‘back street’ abortions in Kenya, even though it is strictly illegal, and more than 10,000 girls leave school every year because of unwanted pregnancy. In a country where birth outside marriage is unacceptable and contraception is prohibited, we discuss why the introduction of sex education in schools is so important for the nation’s youth.
Also on the show, how in some parts of the United States, teenage pregnancy outside of marriage isn’t just accepted; it’s considered ‘cool’.

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29 minutes

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project