DStv Channel 403 Thursday, 09 January 2025

Discussion | Calls for urgent action to address statutory rape and teenage pregnancies

JOHANNESBURG - A troubling rise in pregnancies among children and teenagers has once again sparked calls for urgent action. 

Over the Christmas and New Year period, several girls under the age of 16 gave birth, with the youngest being 12. 

READ: Crime in SA | Statutory-rape accused to appear in court

This raises the question: What more can be done to protect children from sexual abuse? 

Prabashni Subrayan-Naidoo, deputy chairperson of the Commission for Gender Equality, spoke to eNCA. 

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