「10代 妊娠 コロナ」と比較：ケニアやシエラレオーネ、日本、アメリカ、イギリスも
May 15, 2020
With Japan's schools out, more teens seek advice on pregnancy | The Japan TimesOne consultation center in Kobe saw inquiries double in March, with 70 percent coming from teenage students
Jikei Hospital in the city of Kumamoto, known for its Konotori no Yurikago (Storks’ Cradle) baby hatch, where parents can leave their babies anonymously if they have difficulties raising them on their own, has seen a rise in consultation requests from female junior and senior high school students since March, when the nationwide school closures began.
In April this year, the hospital received 75 requests for such consultations from junior and senior high school students, up by 17 from a year before. They represented 13 percent of the total requests for consultations about pregnancy that month, hitting the highest level since the hospital opened its dedicated point of contact.
Chiisana Inochi no Doa (A Small Door for Lives), a consultation center that gives advice about pregnancy at a maternity hospital in Kobe, has been flooded with consultation requests from students.
The center typically receives 20 to 30 consultation requests a month. The number doubled in March and reached 89 in April. The share of teenagers, which is normally about 20 percent, came to 70 percent.
With Japan's schools out, more teens seek advice on pregnancy | The Japan Times
FrontRow: Upsurge in teenage pregnancy amid Covid -19 pandemic- part one
2020/06/23
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| TEENAGE PREGNANCY CRISIS | COVID-19 worsens teenage pregnancy crisis in Kilifi County
KENIYA CITIZEN TV
Tonight, we shed light on a matter of national importance that has alarmed and pricked the conscience of our society: early and unintended teenage pregnancies. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, this has been a major concern. In the county of Kilifi, the scale of teenage pregnancy remains stubbornly high.13, 000 girls according to the centre for adolescents drop out of school owing to unintended pregnancy. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed children who are now out of school, compounding an already worrying situation. In our special report “one too many” we explore the shattered dreams of teenage mothers and why even one teen pregnancy is still a great concern.
1万3000人の少女が妊娠のために学校をドロップアウトしたキリフィ郡の状況をレポート。前の番組でも聞かれた”One teenage pregnancy is too many.”というメッセージが繰り返され、妊娠したお腹を抱えた少女の姿に"Let me be a girl, not a mother."のキャプションが悲しい。
COVID-19: Lockdown linked to high number of unintended teen pregnancies in Kenya
Source Plan International Posted 25 Jun 2020
Media reports citing data from a government-managed health information system have stated that up to 4,000 adolescent girls may have visited health facilities for antenatal services in the county of Machakos alone between January and May. The figure for the whole country, it is feared, may run into several thousands.
政府統計によれば、1月から5月までにマカコス郡だけで4000人の少女が出産前サービスを受けており、全国では何万人にも及ぶ恐れがある。
5 JUNE 2020 - SIERRA LEONE
SIERRA LEONE: INNOVATIVE SEXUAL HEALTH APP TO HELP
Disruption due to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone could lead to 23,000 extra teenage pregnancies by the end of the year, according to new analysis from Save the Children.
Covid 19 and Young Girls Vulnerability to Child marriage and teenage pregnancy
UNICEF Afganistan
The COVID-19 pandemic is already having a devastating effect on families, communities and economies, and we are still to see the full impact on the poorest countries and those with fragile health, social welfare, communications and governance systems. Girls and young women face underlying gender and age-related barriers and discrimination to accessing essential services, information, support, safety, and ensuring their rights are protected.
The 77Percent: COVID-19 and the surge in teenage pregnancies
Kenya is investigating reports that at least 150,000 girls — some as young as 12 — became pregnant since the start of 2020. Could this be a result of the COVID-19 lockdown, and school closures? Listen to #77percent discussion this week with DW's Miriam Kaliza plus the effects of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health in Malawi.
ケニアでは今年に入ってから妊娠した10代の少女は15万人。
Risk of increased teen pregnancies with Covid-19
DAILY NATION
With schools closed, teen girls exposed to unplanned pregnancies, early marriages.
COVID-19 and Young Girls: Expect Increases in Child Marriage and Teen Pregnancy
4/20/2020 by FOLUYINKA “YINKA” FAKOYA
MS. ONLINE
For girls living in poverty, the breakdown of basic services in many communities may also lead to heightened pressure to engage in transactional sex with older men in exchange for financial or in-kind support, such as transportation, food or clothing.In the United States—where one-third of girls are sexually abused by age 18, usually by a family member at home—reports of child abuse cases are already on the rise in Texas, and New York City is seeing a surge in visits to its domestic violence resource website.
Kenya’s Chief Justice recently reported a “significant spike” in sexual offenses across the country at the end of March—mostly perpetuated by close relatives and guardians.
In Bolivia, police have reported a daily average of 48 cases of violence against children, including sexual assault and rape, since the beginning of the lockdown.
And the threat of sexual abuse for young girls extends past the physical into the online sphere. The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned of a coming rise in online child sexual abuse, sharing that there are at least 300,000 individuals in the UK who pose a sexual threat to children. Even worse, offenders are discussing opportunities to abuse children during the pandemic in online chats and forums.
School Closures Make Young Girls More Vulnerable to Abuse and Pregnancy
For millions of young girls, schools are a safe space where the watchful eyes of teachers and other adults identify signs of abuse and intervene in the lives of vulnerable girls.
As a result of the school closures in Sierra Leone during the Ebola outbreak, for example, teenage pregnancies increased by up to 65 percent in some communities as over 18,000 girls became pregnant. Prior to the closures, 11,000 of the pregnant girls had been enrolled in school and girls’ enrollment decreased by 16 percent when schools reopened. A study by Save the Children reveals that for most girls, their pregnancies were a result of being outside the protective environment of their schools.
