The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK has suggested that antenatal clinics be set up in high schools. This is after a report was released that said young women, those of deprived backgrounds, those suffering domestic violence, those with drug or alcohol problems, and those who are illiterate are not ...
Teenagers have been having sloppy, enthusiastic sex since before “teen” was a term. Parents used to marry off their children once they hit that randy age, but now we try to keep them cloistered and chaste. It hasn’t been working so well. The Netherlands has a different approach to sex. There boys and girls are ...
The UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in western Europe. While we can’t blame teachers for what goes on outside the classroom, anything they can do to improve these young people’s sexual knowledge would be helpful. So what can teachers and schools do to help? Have integrated, comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education starting from kindergarten ...
You know those women who drive up in their Lexus to attend a seminar about the slums of Mumbai, only to leave wishing they had such a “real” and “authentic” existence? Well they have turned their myopic sights to teenage pregnancy.
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