11 July 2013 United Nations officials marked World http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?381 Population Day today by spotlighting the issue of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1394 adolescent pregnancy, and calling on Governments to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?327 take measures to enable girls to make responsible http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?938 life choices and realize their potential.
About http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1555 16 million girls under age 18 give birth each year, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1461 according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?801 noted that another 3.2 million undergo unsafe http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1138 abortions.
The vast majority – 90 per http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?900 cent – of the pregnant adolescents in the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?530 developing world are married. But for far too many http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?414 of these girls, pregnancy has little to do with http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?630 informed choice, said the agency.When we devote http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?970 attention and resources to the education, health http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?468 and well-being of adolescent girls, they will http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1302 become an even greater force for positive change in http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?574 society that will have an impact for generations to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?942 come.
UNFPA pointed out that adolescent http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1691 pregnancy is a health issue: the youngest mothers http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1466 face a heightened risk of maternal complications, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1601 death and disability, including obstetric fistula. http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?992 Their children face higher risks as well. It is http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?831 also an issue of human rights: adolescent pregnancy http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?465 often means an abrupt end of childhood, a curtailed http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?323 education and lost opportunities.
“This http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?533 sensitive topic demands global attention,” http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1005 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his message http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?769 for the Day, observed annually on 11 July.
To http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?459 address the problems associated with adolescent http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1171 pregnancy, Mr. Ban stressed the need to get girls http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1282 into primary school and enable them to receive a http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1062 good education through their adolescence. http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?557 “When a young girl is educated, she is http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?313 more likely to marry later, delay childbearing http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1327 until she is ready, have healthier children, and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?716 earn a higher income.”
He also cited http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1361 the need to provide all adolescents with http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?376 age-appropriate, comprehensive education on http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1612 sexuality, stating that this is especially http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?790 important to empower young women to decide when and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1207 if they wish to become mothers. Also vital is providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, as well as the maternal health services that women need
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