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Kathryn Steventon Roberts, Researcher - Global Health, University of Oxford

Teen mums in South Africa: largest ever study explores what it takes to go back to school

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Imagine the weight of responsibility for caring for a child when you are not yet fully grown yourself, and the fear of being shamed by parents, fellow learners, and even strangers within the community?

Vast numbers of adolescent mothers, many of them very vulnerable, exist across Africa, but there remains little research on their challenges and what can be done to support them and their children.

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