planning fund by hundred percent as a strategy to curtail teenage pregnancy “epidemic” (Gallagher‚ M.‚ 1999). The rate of Teenage Pregnancy rose from 23.9 births per 1000 single female teenagers in 1975 to 31.4 in 1985‚ and to 46.4 in 1994. In the last part of the 90s‚ the rate had dropped by16 percent. For teenagers between 15 and 19 years‚ the rate of teen pregnancy had dropped by 36 per cent by 2002 and 33 per cent by 2004 (Gallagher‚ M.‚ 1999). Until recent times‚ Teenage pregnancy was considered
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before they turn 18. 10% – 40% of young unmarried girls have had an unintended pregnancy according to community studies. Some 14 million children worldwide are born every year to young married and unmarried women aged 15 to 19. CAUSES OF TEEN PREGNANCIES Teen pregnancies may result for different reasons in industrialised countries as compared to developing countries. Factors that contribute to teenage pregnancies include: • • • • • • • • • • Customs and traditions that lead to early marriage
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Misunderstood Teens Teenagers are probably the most misunderstood beings on Earth. We don’t get treated like we should. We’re treated like children‚ yet expected to act like adults. We cry and cry‚ and have no choice but to wait a few years when we are on the other side. Parents tell us off for doing things we love and you start to wonder what happened to being their little star and believing in our dreams. They judge our looks and actions as if it were a crime. Us teens have it rough. Aren’t these
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Altaf Shaikh Raman Khanna‚ a young manager‚ who has an engineering background and has also successfully completed an Executive management course from the prestigious Synthetic Institute of Business Studies‚ Amritabad‚ - with a specialization in strategic human resource management‚ now works for an eminent manufacturing company – Rail Coach Factory (RCF)‚ Boregaon‚ as the HR cum Factory Manager. Raman Khanna’s passion to contribute to India’s growth was the single most important factor in
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physical fitness games and sports are essential. All young men and women inschools‚ colleges‚ universities and training institutions should play games.Even business executives and others engaged in serious and very responsible activities should play some game in their spare time. It is necessary for their good health‚ physical fitness andmental alertness.A proper balance should be maintained between work and games. Work would become burden it there are no games and sports. A fair amount of physical
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Mr. Xxxxxxx English 1301 October 3‚ 2013 Teen Pregnancy Seventeen-year-old Amber is from Santa Ana‚ California. The life-changing situation she describes is her unplanned pregnancy. On November 2011‚ she gave birth to a baby boy. As a result‚ she dropped out of high school and got a job to take care after her infant son. She now faces many challenges. Teen pregnancy rate is high. “United States rates are twice as high as in England and Wales or Canada‚ and eight times as high
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624 words Pregnancy The South Carolina Teen Pregnancy Campaign will host an event September 18th to discuss the rate of pregnancy and birth control. This Campaign in South Carolina has been around for 20 years helping the community decrease the rate of teen pregnancy. Other campaigns have been developed but according to Kemi Ogunji an employee for the campaign‚ South Carolina is the leading one.
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25‚2015 Period.3 Not enough effort is put into reducing teen pregnancy rates‚ and one reason for this is that teenage pregnancy rates in the US have generally declined since the 1950’s. But that isn’t good enough‚ because despite the decline‚ the US still has one of the highest teen birth rates in the industrialized world. Teen pregnancy should be highly discouraged as it has an effect on the teenage mother and the baby that is born. The teen mother may face complications such as premature labor‚
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“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula LeGuin is a story that starts off on a sunny day. The people in the city live in a utopia society‚ which can be defined as an ideal perfect place. However ideal means it’s not always true. The city is filled with smiles‚ music‚ horses‚ and parades. The setting seems so amazing that it isn’t real. However‚ there is an odd situation about this so called “perfect society”. Leguin states‚ “Do you believe? Do you accept the festival‚ the city‚ the joy? No
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Teen pregnancy is on the rise after so many decades of its declination. This in some part may be related to teens not knowing enough information to protect their selves before they have sex‚ peer pressure‚ and not knowing how to properly prevent a pregnancy from happening to them. Teen pregnancy is an issue that seems to be gaining more popularity in the past few years. This is a problem because how is someone who is only a teenager‚ supposed to be ready to be a parent? Most teen moms do not feel
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