“For young people, especially girls, the beginning of a marriage is often the end of their education. However, “while marriage can wait, education can’t”, said Kyateeka Mondo, the assistant Commissioner for Youth and Children Affairs. He officiated the 4th ‘Girls Not Brides’ meeting on Thursday the 13th June 2019, at Nyumbani Hotel. According to Kyateeka, many…
A lack of youth-friendly services contributes enormously to teenage pregnancies and HIV/aids prevalence in Uganda. “Adolescents and young people need to be reached with Adolescent-Friendly Health Services (ADFHS) to mitigate the multiple health challenges and behavioral risks that they are faced with,” said Ruth Awori, program coordinator at Uganda Network of Young People Living with…
Because she was the tallest in class at age 13, the teacher called her to clean the chalkboard. But as she walked to the board, a red spot of blood, which was as a result of menstruation had formed on the rear side of her blue uniform and was visible to the whole class. Boys…
“The things that are essentially news is what you don’t know that you want to know,” Buffett said. “You know what happened in national sports the moment it happened, and you can go watch a video of it and so on. You can go to ESPN and see what’s going on. You know what’s happening…