- 91.4% of girls have seen and observed pregnancies in their class;
- 81.1% of girls recognise that this is not a random fact but common;
- 50.2% of girls recognise that girls who go through a pregnancy can continue their studies.
Finally, following early pregnancy, the future of the girl is as follows:
Table 51: Situation of the girls after pregnancy
Do nothing and stay at home
44.1% of girls
opinions
A minority goes back to school
3.8%
They work on the informal sector or engage in urban odd jobs trades
such as sewing, hairdressing, trade or agriculture
29.3%
Some are married or prostitutes girl mothers
21.4%
Others continue to be supported by parents
Source: UNICEF, Survey of early pregnancy, Brazzaville, 1996.
1.4%
The future of the girl mother is not rosy, but this does not prevent the occurrence of early
pregnancy, as long as circumstances or social determinants remain.
3- Risk Management Strategies
The phenomenon of girl mothers has been, at very early stage, a concern for public and
private social services (religious denominations), which have put in place structures
(women's centres and social welfare centres) for this purpose. Their main goal is to help
social and socio-economic integration of girl mothers through apprenticeship of embroidery,
sewing, culinary arts and baking.
4- Needs
The types of deprivations described above constitute targets to be destroy for the gradual
elimination of early pregnancy. These are:
1- Access to adequate information on puberty, sexuality and pregnancy management
2 Installing or rehabilitation of effective information channels (sex education in schools and
in the media);
3. Organisation of the fight against sexual harassment and sexual violence;
4- Promoting girls' access to facilities in order for them to meet their small financial and
emotional requirements;
Fight against social exclusion of young mothers through the implementation of specific
programmes, the creation of support and socio-professional integration structures.
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