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Poverty, desperation: Pain of teen mothers

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Poverty, desperation: Pain of teen mothers
Parenteen - By
Audrey Masitsa
| January 18th 2021 at 10:49:38 GMT +0300
There has been a notable increase in teen pregnancies (Photo: Shutterstock)
Period poverty has seen many women and girls suffer economic and social disadvantages. During their menses, some women and girls are forced to stay at home instead of going to work or school for lack of sanitary products which many cannot afford.
In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the world. Apart from the health impact the virus has had, economies and livelihoods have suffered tremendously. Many were forced to leave their jobs and shut down their business. Children stayed home as schools were closed in an effort to curb the spread of the virus. The closure of schools not only set pupils back nine months in terms of their education but it also resulted in an escalation of teen pregnancies.

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Sex and poverty: Major crises behind high number of teenage pregnancies

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What does Sh100 mean to you? May be just enough to buy groceries from mama mboga. For others, it barely registers in their daily expenditure.
For teenage girls in the slums of Nairobi, it is the amount they need to buy sanitary pads, and when they cannot raise it, they go looking for cash from men. And the result is unplanned pregnancy.
Desperate and choked by poverty, these girls become mothers at a tender age because of the struggle to ensure dignity while receiving their monthly period.
In informal settlements, teenage mothers drop out of school and look for menial jobs to cater for the babies. They wake up every day to look for casual jobs. But because they have no skills, certificates or government identification, they rarely earn more than Sh200.

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Burial of businesswoman stopped as husband faces court over murder

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By
Kamore Maina |
December 19th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Police yesterday asked a court for orders to hold a man they suspect of killing his wife for 21 days.
Investigating officer Agnes Adhiambo, in an affidavit filed before Makadara Chief Magistrate Heston Nyaga, said she needs time to gather evidence linking Daniel Kibiru Thiong'o to the death of Catherine Mumbi Wanjohi.
The court heard that police intend to subject the mobile phones of the deceased and the accused to a forensic probe in their search for answers.
Kibiru, through his lawyer, objected to the application.
Mr Nyaga ruled that Kibiru should remain in police custody until Monday when he will make a determination on the matter.

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