Life interrupted: Myanmar teen pregnancy points to need for comprehensive sexuality education

YANGON, Myanmar –Every year, almost 50,000 teenage girls in Myanmar give birth, according to data from the2014 census. Thiri* was one of them. She became pregnant when she was only 15 years old.“My boyfriend and I were in love. We were so close and so sweet to each other. We were happy when we were together,” she told UNFPA.But thepregnancyturned her life upside down.
Source: UNFPA News - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news