Health
- What are the current teenage pregnancy statistics for (a) Kannaland and (b) Oudtshoorn in the (i) 2016/17, (ii) 2017/18 and (iii) 2018/19 financial years;
- what are the socio-economic factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in the Western Cape?
- [a] [i] 2016/17 = 191
[ii] 2017/18 = 157
[iii] 2018/19 [to date] = 55
[b] [i] 2016/17 = 1 881
[ii] 2017/18 = 2 102
[iii] 2018/19 [to date] = 743
2. Teenage pregnancy in the Western Cape is driven by many factors including: gender inequalities; sexual abuse; drug & alcohol use among teenagers; gendered expectations of how teenage boys and girls should act; sexual taboos [for girls] and sexual permissiveness [for boys]; poverty; poor access to contraceptives and termination of pregnancies; inaccurate and inconsistent contraceptive use; perceived/reported judgmental attitudes of many health care workers; inadequate sexual & reproductive health services for adolescents/youth friendly services; high levels of gender-based violence; and poor sex education at home & in schools.
