Zambia

Child Marriage, GBV and HIV

 Why focus on adolescents and young people?
Demographic Dividend

2010 Census Young people often

• Young people aged left behind in
10 – 24 years: 34.4 % programming:
• 52.5% of persons •young adolescents (10
aged below 18 years – 14);
•poor girls;
•young people out of
school etc
Situation Analysis: Adolescent/ Youth Health
HIV Infection: 3 young people are infected
with HIV every hour, two of which are girls

Maternal Mortality: 30% of Maternal

mortality is a result of abortions; 25% of
which are adolescents

Child Marriage: 42% of girls are married

before the age of 18 years (ZDHS 2007)

Early sexual debut

Contributing Factors
Limited access to Youth
Teenage Pregnancy: 28% of total
pregnancy Friendly SRHR services
Negative
School drop outs due to pregnancy about
17,000 annually Superficial attitudes of
HIV/SRHR educators, service
43 percent of women aged between 15 and
49 years in Zambia have GBV.15,153 GBV knowledge providers and
cases in 2014. Zambia Ranked 20th Highest adults to
Limited Skills adolescent
sexuality
 HIV Prevalence: Young People
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Child marriage Prevalence rates (2007 DHS)
Child Marriage Prevalence Rates (2007) by
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 Why CSE important
Teenage pregnancy from G.1 to 12
(2010). UNICEF/Restless Development
Education sector statistics (EMIS)
• Drop out rates: girls aged 15-
19 are twice more likely to be
out of school than boys (44.3%
compared to 22.2%).
• HIV Knowledge: 65% of grade
six pupils in Zambia lacked
minimal knowledge of HIV
• Teenage Pregnancy: In 2010,
14, 773 girls and in 2011, 15,
707 girls dropped out of
school due to pregnancy