Reducing early and unintended pregnancies

The programme addresses early and unintended pregnancies in school-going youth. The main elements of this programme are: School clubs comprising girls and boys to enhance psychosocial skills such as esteem, communication, negotiation, positive relationship development, goal setting, decision making and become champions in their schools and communities. Schools that are improving their psychosocial environment to promote wellbeing, safety, development of psychosocial skills and teaching of comprehensive sexuality education. Communities that promote family communication on prevention of unintended pregnancy, access to sexual and reproductive health services. National and regional engagement with relevant technical working groups to promote comprehensive sexuality education and access to sexual and reproductive health services; share experiences and learn together. In Zambia, we are collaborating with UNESCO at country and regional level, and raising issues through engagement with the national Parliamentary working and technical groups for sexual reproductive health, rights and HIV. In Angola, the project on reducing Early and Unintended Pregnancy is being implemented in Moxico province, a much-underserved area bordering Zambia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Department of Education, National Institute of Children (INAC) and the municipal administration. REPSSI Namibia is also collaborating with UNESCO to promote the national campaign ending Early and Unintended Pregnancy (EUP). In November REPSSI and MoEAC trained teachers from ten selected schools in comprehensive sexuality education and assessing the school’s psychosocial environment. The project will be launched in Kunene after the national EUP campaign launch in early 2020.