Wong Foundation and De Waal Foundation seek to prevent adolescent pregnancy

Since September 2024 has been underway the program “Growing up is my commitment”, created with the objective of promoting a culture of teenage pregnancy prevention in three educational units sponsored by the Wong Foundation, an initiative that is carried out jointly by this institution and the de Waal Foundation.

According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), when an adolescent becomes a mother, her sexual and reproductive rights, as well as her rights to health, education, among others, are violated in the short term. However, the consequences also occur in the medium and long term: her development potential, her possibility of earning a decent income and her future may be at risk.