Traditional leaders stand up to protect youth from HIV, unintended pregnancy
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EnglishSHISELWENI, Swaziland –“We have high youth unemployment and high teenage pregnancy,” Mr. Obed, a traditional leader in Shiselweni, Swaziland, told UNFPA.Yet many conservative, rural communities have resisted publicly discussing topics that would improve the health and rights of young people – includingadolescent pregnancy,gender-based violence and sexually transmitted infections likeHIV.
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