The Rwandan government and women's rights advocates are translating a UNESCO toolkit into Kinyarwanda at a cost of nearly Rwf1 billion. This toolkit will assist parents, teachers, and guardians in educating children and youth on sexual and reproductive health to address teen pregnancies.
The Rwandan government and women's rights advocates are translating a UNESCO toolkit into Kinyarwanda at a cost of nearly Rwf1 billion. This toolkit will assist parents, teachers, and guardians in educating children and youth on sexual and reproductive health to address teen pregnancies.Over 20,000 underage girls on average become pregnant every year in Rwanda.
"Some adolescents do not know about sexual reproductive health. The tool will help parents and guardians to address this issue. Parents and guardians were facing cultural barriers, but the toolkit will unlock this. With the knowledge gained from the programme, once translation into the Kinyarwanda language is complete, adolescents will have informed decisions," she said.
Even after birth, the baby is likely to suffer malnutrition if no intervention is made to improve nutrition. Young mothersObstructed labour is another factor. This is when the baby does not exit the pelvis during childbirth due to being physically blocked. It may also lead to birth trauma to babies, especially when the doctors use much force to help them come out.
According to Jacques Nsengiyumva, the head of Rwanda Women, Adolescent, and Child Health Initiative, tasked by UNESCO and the Government of Rwanda to prepare the manual in Kinyarwanda, there is a need for over Rwf900 million to translate the manual and distribute it across the country.
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