Alias-Women Our Roots

Empowering Women and girls to restore their dignity and respect in through; Promoting Education, skilling, reproductive health & menstrual management, economic

[Naguru Teenage Center 🟢 @NaguruC]

If girls do not advance, the nation too will not progress, thus hindering young people from transitioning into a firm, healthy, and productive next generation. It is therefore important that we combat SGBV issues that hinder girls from being themselves.

#PreYouthWPDUg22 #WPDUg22

[Wonders Ruth Mugisa @RuthMugisa]

Inorder to harness the demographic dividend, we need to keep children especially girls in school so as to rapidly decline both maternity and mortality rates @musanacharles (Principal National Programme Officer @NPC_Uganda )

#EndTeenagePregnancyUG
#WPDUg22

[Wonders Ruth Mugisa @RuthMugisa]

As Leaders in our various regions, we need to continue making followups on teenage pregnancies and working together with the technical teams inorder to put in books the criminals.

#EndTeenagePregnancyUg
#WPDUg22

[A4HUganda @action4hU]

As MPs, we are concerned about the rates of teen pregnancy & early marriages. We don't talk political parties when we are tackling these issues. These issues unite us as your elected leaders. @AngellaNalunga @NPC_Uganda @UNFPAUganda @NaguruC #WPDUg22 #EndTeenagePregnancyUg

[Wonders Ruth Mugisa @RuthMugisa]

There are significant health hazards, death rates, and disruptions to education when a girl becomes pregnant. There is a need to create bi-laws and ordinances to safeguard children against teen pregnancy and child marriage - #HonMoses(DC,Bukedea)
#EndTeenagePregnancyUg
#WPDUg22

[NTV UGANDA @ntvuganda]

Join us today at 6 PM as we discuss the importance of mindset change in ending child marriage and teenage pregnancy.

#WPD2022

[NTV UGANDA @ntvuganda]

Some leaders feel that the violence and brutality that security agencies use during arrests is one of the reasons why women fear participating in politics and taking up leadership positions in the country.

#NTVNews

https://t.co/Fpkt1wwjY6

[Alias-Women Our Roots @AWOR_s]

Bukedea District in 2021 recorded: 80 defilement cases; child marriages 1,000; child neglect 192 .#WPDug22 #UNFPAUg #EndTeenagePregnancyUg

[NPC UGANDA @NPC_Uganda]

Objectives of the Dialogue:
1. To create awareness on the impact of teenage pregnancy on social economic development.
2. To identify interventions to address teenage pregnancy in the Teso sub region. #EndTeenagePregnancyUg #WPDUg22

[Katende Erick @FrostProUg]

We need to rapidly decline both the fertility and morality leading to a change in the population age structure that is favorable for economic development. - @musanacharles Principle National Programs Officer @NPC_Uganda #EndTeenagePregnancyUg #WPDUg22

[Wonders Ruth Mugisa @RuthMugisa]

When young girls get married at an early age, they are trapped into poverty and undevelopment @AnneAlanSizomu (@UNFPAUganda representative)

#EndTeenagePregnancyUG
#WPDUG22

[Nangiro Patricia @p_nangiro]

Teenage pregnancy in Teso sub-region is at 31% (i.e. 1 in every 4 girls gets pregnant before age 19). Today, technical & political leaders meet in Kumi to dialogue on how they can end teen pregnancy & child marriage, invest in quality population. #WPDUg22 #EndTeenagePregnancyUg

[7elix.j.Ateenyi @nzefelixug]

Mr. Zirarema Charles (DPPD -@NPC_Uganda
"Adolescent pregnancies are a global issue but most often occur in poorer and marginalized communities."
#EndTeenagePregnancyUg
#WPDUg22

[SRHR - €ducation 🇰🇪 🇺🇦 @KasiitaMark]

Between 2019 and 2021, Kumi District Local Government registered over 2389 case of teenage pregnancies

Investing in young peoples` education, health and livelihoods, and initiatives and partnerships led by youth, will be critical to achieving development
#EndTeenagePregnancyUg

[Ms. Pamella Nabasa 🤍 🌙 @pamnabasa]

3. Back to school campaigns by district, Action Aid and other partners like TASO to ensure that girl child who have given birth go back to school.

4. Facilitated juveniles to be taken to the remand home in mbale for rehabilitations.

#WPDUg22
#EndTeenagePregnancyUg

[Nangiro Patricia @p_nangiro]

The 2020 National Population Policy recognises population as a great asset for the country. Therefore, investing in a quality population is key for Uganda's socio-economic transformation and development. #WPDUg22 #EndTeenagePregnancyUg

[Emmanuel Walusimbi @Walusemma]

In relation to the PRE- WORLD POPULATION DAY 2022 , Kumi district, Some of the contributing factors to teenage pregnancies in Katakwi sub region are listed as follows;

@UNFPAUganda

#EndTeenagePregnancyUg
#WPDUg22

[Alias-Women Our Roots @AWOR_s]

Kalaki District registered 1238 teenage pregnancies between 2020-2021 #WPDUg22 #EndTeenagePregnancyUg #UNFPAug

[Alias-Women Our Roots @AWOR_s]

"If you think I am beautiful in school Uniform, then go buy your wife a school uniform and make her beautiful". An adolescent girl responds to a man in Soroti District who made sexual advances to her. #EndTeenagePregnancyUg #UNFPAug #WPDUg22

[Alias-Women Our Roots @AWOR_s]

https://t.co/O4Iap5oy1G #UNFPAug

[Emmanuel Walusimbi @Walusemma]

As we commemorate #WPDUg22, we take note that the World population will reach 8 billion in November. Therefore, this year’s global theme is: “A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future Harnessing opportunity and ensuring rights and choices for all”.  #EndTeenagePregnancyUg