BY: COLIN PERKEL
PUBLISHED MAY 20, 2019
“Adolescents, estimated to be about one billion globally, have in the past been largely left out in gender equality push.
Beatrice Maina, a researcher at African Population and Health Research Centre said the study will be instrumental in placing adolescents in the global gender equality debate.
“Including adolescents in the gender equality push will ensure they are not left behind in the gender equality campaign. The study has shown that they are normally exposed to sexual productive health risk more so in the slums, where they are more prone to sexual violence, drugs and alcohol,” she said.”