Less talk, more solutions, says Soul City on teen pregnancy debates - The institute is hosting a webinar to discuss South Africa’s teen pregnancy rates and child rape
The chief executive of the Soul City Institute for Social Justice says talking about teenage pregnancy needs to move from pointing out problems to finding solutions, and that scrutinising the wording used when talking about the issue is a necessity. following the recent cabinet approval of the national policy on prevention of pupil pregnancies in schools. The policy aims to provide an enabling environment to support and prevent discrimination against pregnant schoolgirls.
According to the new policy, comprehensive pregnancy prevention information, counselling, guidelines and care should be provided to pregnant learners. In August, the Gauteng department of basic education revealed in a legislature question-and-answer session thatthat this was one of several incidents that“The language needs to change because a 10-year-old cannot be pregnant and be described as a teen pregnancy. Research shows that the first sexual encounter for children is through rape or coersion, so we need to describe such incidents as statutory rape instead of teenage pregnancy,” she said.
She also called on parents, healthcare professionals, law enforcement agencies as well as the government to protect the rights of young people and to create an environment that would provide safe spaces for all young people, including those who are living with disabilities and those within the LGBTQIA+ community.
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