11 year old child mothers

In this edition we also carry a story from Maun revealing under age mothers as young as 11 years old. The story states that the tourism hub has registered some 285 births by teen mothers. Of course the problem may be worse than it is reported as the

It is not only the phenomenon of an 11- year-old girl giving birth that is a moral shocker. The number of child mothers is also a cause for concern. The child mothers have been denied the chance to experience and

enjoy childhood, as they have become parents overnight. It spells doom for their personal development, for how would the newmothers be able to continue their education in preparation for better paying careers. They

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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