Friday 9 May (Recife, Brazil)  – This week, boys and girls from around the world will be rivals on the football field, but will be united as one to speak out against the inequalities and violence they say are ruining their lives.

Friday 9 May (Recife, Brazil)  – This week, boys and girls from around the world will be rivals on the football field, but will be united as one to speak out against the inequalities and violence they say are ruining their lives.

By Catty Lopes, Emergency Communications, World Vision in Brazi

The Ministry of Health, which is committed to what was established in the Nation Plan and Country Vision, acknowledges pregnancy in adolescents as a priority which requires a strategic, comprehensive and urgent approach.

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By Nancy Waites, Policy & Advocacy Manager, and Jose da Costa, Advocacy and Strategy Manager, World Vision Timor-Leste

Resources for Facilitators

Within a generation, we could find ourselves realizing the ambitious Agenda 2030 goals to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths, and end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

By Senegalese traditional standards, it is considered failed parenting for a daughter to become pregnant before marriage. The resulting shame and difficulty are not easily forgotten in the community.