for Abused Children, Shaheda Omar says the organisation has recently run a program educating young boys and girls on the issues surrounding teenage pregnancies, including the sticky issue of consent.
Teenagers are also exposed to the pressures of poverty and consumerism and sex is often presented to them as a means to acquire financial security or certain luxury items at the behest of older men.The Soul City Institute for Social Justice says these statistics are not a shock to them, given the troubling patriarchal social dynamics at play in South Africa.
“I think in terms of messaging I’m sure you’ll remember last year there was an outcry about some of the sex education curriculum that was being promoted and I think that’s a shame because sex education shouldn’t be just saying what body-part is this and how are babies made.
But Vetten warns that children should not be stigmatised when they turn out pregnant and more sensitivity should be employed.
ymnqanqeni Lack of moral fibre. Fatherless households. One parent households.