Key Population-led Organizations Can Make Good Use of Data On Adolescent Girls and Young Women To Initiate Quality Life Interventions
Fast growing urbans and a large youthful populations are two dynamics, Africa needs to look into, design social development with quality life goals, ensure these fast-growing urban areas are a setting for subsistence and where t he girl-child self determination is engendered. Pregnancies before the age of 18 years are rising, the girl-child is blamed and not the males who are supposed to be the fathers. This trend is so common that families and communities have normalised such blame to fall squarely on the girl and not the boy. Girls need to be provided security and dignity affirmation through mechanisms such as: Rape Victim hotlines; courts and criminal justice system that deter these kinds of crimes; and community-wide initiatives to address crimes against the adolescent girl and young women. Equipping the Uganda Police with facilitation to enable them be mobile, swift and cover cases of crime in a timely manner is commendable. ...