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THE IMPACT OF CHILD MARRIAGE AND EARLY UNIONS: Raising the minimum age of consent to marry - Policy Brief
Child marriage is considered one of the factors that lead to an increase in the adolescent fertility rate as it provides a legal space within which women under 18 can become pregna...
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Strengthening the Legislative Framework governing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean - Policy Brief
English and Dutch-speaking countries in the Caribbean have made signifi cant gains in efforts to secure the right to sexual and reproductive health (SRH). In many instances, howeve...
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SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LANDSCAPE IN THE CARIBBEAN: Situational monitoring report
This Situational Monitoring Report on the State of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in the region is the first annual report for the Caribbean Observatory on SRHR. ...
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SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LANDSCAPE IN THE CARIBBEAN: Situational monitoring - Policy Brief
Together communities, organized civil society, governments, and development partners can achieve national goals and meet regional and international commitments to end gender-based ...
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TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE: Enacting policy and legislation to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education for youth in and out-of-school - Policy Brief
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a curriculum-based process of teaching and learning about the cognitive, emotional, physical and social aspects of sexuality. It aim...
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EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE: Eliminating legal barriers that limit access to SRH information and services for young people - Policy Brief
Young people aged 10-24 years account for a quarter of the Caribbean population. Across the region, adolescents aged 12-16 years continue to experience disproportionate policy and ...
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PROTECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE: Importance of policy and legislation to prevent compulsory withdrawal of pregnant learners and guarantee re-entry - Policy Brief
Worldwide, one in five girls has given birth by the age of 18. In the poorest regions of the world, this figure rises to over one in three girls. Adolescent births are more li...
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ACCELERATING PROGRESS TOWARDS THE REDUCTION OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY: Towards a comprehensive approach - Policy Brief
of young people, hampering their psychosocial development, contributing to poor health outcomes for the girls and their babies, negatively affecting their educational and employmen...
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