Campaign aims to address issues behind crisis.
The high rate of child and teenage pregnancies in South Africa, with over 105 000 girls giving birth between April 2022 and March 2023, has prompted Amnesty International South Africa to launch a campaign focused on prevention and policy reform.
The campaign aims to address the systemic issues contributing to the crisis and improve access to critical resources and education for young people.
Director Shenilla Mohamed said the number of child and teenage pregnancies in the country was a crisis which could not be ignored.
"These numbers are shocking, but we need to stop seeing them as just numbers and realise these are real people," Mohamed said.
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