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PUBLIC THOUGHTS


Wa West records 361 teenage pregnancies in 9 months. Now let me break down the numbers for you:

Everyday 1.32 school going children get pregnant everyday ie 4 school going children get pregnant every 3 days.

According to the National Population and Housing census, the population of Wa West is 81,348. And averagely 55% of our population are under the ages of 24. So let’s do a very crude of unscientific maths, about 25% of the population should be between 10-19 years so the number of people between the ages of 10-19 is 20,337 and that of the girls within this range is 10,122. This means that 4% of girls in the Wa West district got pregnant in 9 months.

This is where I throw in the hammer, our religious bodies are more interested in fighting CSE than teenage pregnancy in Ghana. Now, out of the 4%, many and various were impregnated by religious leaders and teachers. My dear friends, these are the hypocritical people fighting the CSE as if they are the holiest on this Earth.

So if in 9 months, 4% of the female population from 10-19 years can get pregnant then within 2 years, we are taking about somewhat between 9 to 12% of reported cases. Who knows, how largely these cases have remained unreported.

From the thoughts of... 
...Joseph Yaw Frimpong
CEO (ReaderApp) 

Comments

  1. Unknown17 October 2019 at 10:45

    Oh wow, then let's try and educate them on sex education both in schools and communities

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  2. Unknown17 October 2019 at 11:26

    If these statistics suggest a green light to CSE then the problem remains. With the introduction of CSE in the curriculum these children will only avoid pregnancy because they will learn how to use condoms. Even the many more yet innocent ones will explore afterall "it's safe" A thief dares rob a bank because he's got all the information.
    I still think CSE is bad for our basic schools. As for the religious people involved, it's unfortunate!

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