"My father insisted that I have the baby but not in his house": Adolescent pregnancy, social exclusion and (dis)empowerment of girls in an urban informal settlement in Kenya.

ABSTRACT: While the drivers of adolescent pregnancy are widely studied, few studies have examined the social exclusions associated with early and unintended pregnancy. Drawing data from a larger mixed methods study on the lived experiences of pregnant and parenting adolescents and guided by Amatya Sen's social exclusion framework, this qualitative explanatory study examines how poverty and the contestation around girls' access to comprehensive sexuality education hinder them from preventing unintended pregnancy. It also examines why adolescent pregnancy further results in girls' social exclusion with implications for their health and socioeconomic (dis)empowerment. We drew on data from in-depth interviews with purposively selected pregnant and parenting adolescents aged 15 to 19 (n = 22) and parents

SUBMITTER: Machoka BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11426473 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature