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be bought a dance, always using us to demand respect for walking women. we talked to teenage moms about whole pregnancy changed their lives and we meet a young, a median woman who escaped charged marriage. now we've got a few emotionally top topics to tackle in today's sure, but we'll start by meeting a 1000000 dancer. but are abraham may guy, she is a bummer, called best artist, using artistic expressions, to speak out against gender inequality. this outstanding dancer has tom ta footprints internationally, but home in bama co. she has intensified the call for respect to women. i think my name is able to him my again that i am an

artist dancer performa create an interpreter directory. i am currently with a fossil down to the theater run by the me. the body is in her element. she's performing her solo on the streets of a hometown bama coal in it. she dramatize as women struggled for recognition and he brought diminution where men is coming near all, many dresses and look around in them. all. that doesn't mean him a whole so it doesn't mean that fulfill will be and she go, or that i'm closing myself was to pick you up. no, no it is that i have principle. has siblings that i respect you for that it makes one

self and that makes you respect me. the one in her performance be better uses her skill as a dancer to fight against the simon of traditional female roles. i do. it's about a woman who is looking to get and is told chef she but you ought to beautiful for me to throw a bell. you don't need to walk to marry you or you'll be my girlfriend or my mistress. and i'll take care of you on this one. i'll put you in a nice house and take care of it wide. the boss has had similar experiences. patronized the simply being woman being taken for granted in her work. you did. there were times when i was just, i wanted to give up. i wanted to drop everything on but then, but it was something in me that doesn't want to keep up on the asia. secondly,

i know that one day things will be better. carl is left farmville and when women finally climbed higher and higher, smoke is over. the men won't be resentful or jealous because it does create a bit of jealousy. duff's office. good, but that's not such a big deal in belgrade. girls normal is in normal. i marlene society is still very much dominated by men and as a long way to go to reach equality. but this is always changing and i think that as time goes by, these things will change. and those who don't understand that they'll be the ones who so ah, suddenly change may be uncomfortable for some, but as be butter says, if you don't understand the importance of equality,

you may be soon be the one to suffer for it. well, speaking changes in life, let's talk about teenage pregnancies and unprotected sex is the reason why young girls may find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. but there are numerous underlying reasons for these and it is to money. and our street debate tomb headed to window in namibia to find out more hello and welcome to another episode of the 77 percent this week we are in fin took in a me be a most specifically in havana, the informal settlement that you see behind me and it's because statistically low income countries are more likely to experience the problem of early pregnancy or teen pregnancy as compared to high income countries. and particularly in this area, you can imagine that it's a serious problem. and that's why we're here and we want to find out, why does this problem exist? what are the consequences and what can we do to put an end to it?

who better to answer these questions for me then some libyans. and we're going to begin with by grace she is actually looking very scared right in that order. but that's right. so by grace, you're a teen mom. and you made headlines here, you know, may be a because you actually got pregnant at the age of 14. can you tell me what happened? my parents had like a funeral of my grandmother in. they'd go like back and forth to the village. but then when they found out that i had a boyfriend, it's when these that it asking me christians, they did just that, having stakes in all of it. then i told in the years i've had sex in, i didn't get my period for so long in all of it, what was going through your minds? okay, am i, was it the just actually time where was depressed and i was do my scores at school . we're very weak, alto kind of thought about like having abortions in order for it. so the thought crossed your mind, but you locked it against it. how old was your boyfriend at the time? by the way? 21. nathan. 21. so you were a 14 year old dating a 21 year old. but you're back in school now. yeah,

i'm right. you haven't been able to come back to school. you're working in a touch up at the moment here. so did you have to drop out immediately? you got pregnant or what happened? i went to school until i was 8 months pregnant and then like my what broke at school, your water broken, you ain school. yes. can you talk to me through that experience? i mean, that must have, i can't imagine where you in class where you own the flu playing, where are they being no way like, no changing glasses most. did you also have an older boyfriend? yeah, i was having an older brother and he was like 25, but there is and i took all my boyfriend was like then needs to support. he not all entries, those things. so your parents were not in a position to do this for you. i imagine, yes, but then the guy was even denying when i told him that i'm pregnant and those who as it man says that them he except at the child. yeah. because who info at the any . let's come to immaculate who's on this site. she's a senior research fellow. what did the figure say to in his pregnancy is indeed

a serious concern. lynn ambien government have what we call the a indication monitoring information systems. a significant number of the learners that are not coming big. i actually do to pregnancy early in there to concede around 40 percent 40 percent langston's while learners are not returning to school . wow. ok. i want to speak to where is he west yet? he is. why is the rate of teen pregnancy so high? a lot of kids are being approached by adults or bit maybe because boys here. so this is also to get a fresh fruit. well, what do you mean a fresh fruit? fresh fruit is like a limousine. lisa, i'm proud of myself because i've been breaking maybe 15 gills of vigil or something like that. so it's for us, it's a joke or maybe so it's a fun thing. oh ok. let's hear from frieda. what are some of the stories that you've heard from the people you're working with? most girls that usually, um, let me say fall pregnant or the stories that i've met are people from traditional aspects. and traditionally, you're taught to not sort of really refuse when

a men approaches you, because this means older than you are firstly that other person is a perpetrator. it's either a puts you had 6 and, and a child that's raped and i personally feel like their bodies are really not fit at 14, your body's not for to k to term. you should be given the option of know if you want to have an a but not even if you want to, you should have an abortion, because very much you're young. but isn't it? what, what does that countries constitution say about the legality or illegality of abortions? here only under 3 conditions, if i'm speaking under correction, 4 conditions, yes. contextually under law, abortion is legal. so it, but legal only under verify considered a very distinctive conditions outside of that it's criminalized. which means that if you do go for becto abortion you will be arrested when you'd be fined $5000.00 or 5. he has imprisonment or both. so i'm guessing, immaculate that given what we've just heard, that the number of unsafe abortions is probably on the rise just as tim pregnancies

are. yes we here are stories of women. oh young girls who blit them for themselves almost to death. it is a, it is really our and the store is the issue of finding a way to liberalize abortion in namibia is a matter that needs the urgency of all the attention. okay. that that, that, that we need to put, i'm curious to hear from simpson, what his views are. we have the ladies there who are saying that abortion should definitely be an option on the table, particularly for seriously young mothers. the chat is very clear and is it forbids it? is there no middle ground whatsoever? i don't think we as human beings have the right. ah, to take life. we should support the mother in terms of going through this process. okay, frida, you had something to say to me earlier, please go ahead. women should be given the choice because um simpson said we should lead women k to tim. but do we actually asked these women? what emotionally? what have you gone through carrying this baby to tell you as an important question,

which i want to asked by grace the emotional toll that he takes on you to carry a baby when you're 14 and not really being ready to how was that emotionally what frieda was talking about sometimes i felt like i don't wanna go to school in. yeah . go to church when to be honestly currently since i gave birth, i did no trico victor church because i felt like it was like a shame to the people. like yeah, they'd maybe look at mina, we're flic, ice f seemed or tell me about your life as you give us a give my friends of a to live. been supportive in the am offered to the hyatt in many. okay, immaculate. obviously not everybody will have the luxury of having their parents get a nanny for them, or the ability to even go back to school. so what are some of the long term consequences of teen pregnancies? totaled within the community is total dropout for majority of youngers, because they get caught into that system where the pac not just want nothing to do

with the pregnancy. and parents also have a tendency to continue ostracizing them by putting punitive measures on these youngers. so school drop out, this is really for most girls the, the actual and i also read that incidentally, people who are teen mothers are more likely to raise children who will themselves become teen paris become. so let's now look at the solutions because this is a problem that is faced surely around the globe, but particularly in africa. what do we do so that and in the next 1020 years we dont have another 10. 20000 by grace's i personally say leslie, grave abortion. but if you don't of what i bought it, it's fine. you could, you don't have to, but give other people the choice to make that what, all right, fantastic, immaculate, very quickly, please. the worst case scenarios where pregnancy takes place because of rape or incest. but then they're also cases way where we really need to bring big the joy, the fun, the beauty of sex back into the platform. so that like that,

and along with the stigma ties bring it back for the those youngsters who wants to engage sexually can, can apply their minds and, and know that i know whatever bit is there to, to know. and i think okay, now we're just wrapping up this debate and i want to hear from the 2 ladies here. i would prefer that girls pick contraceptives. yeah, it all can. but sometimes in the contraceptives out of stock, that's even one thing always is not fair when you go full up, it's not vessel. thank you. i like that. like race. i'm that thing she'd fall pregnant, but if you do in the 4th grade pregnant, it's not the end of the war. hey i, i really like that. that's actually a really positive note to end on. it's not the end of the world. if you do become a t mother, but most importantly, going back to what people will see, education is key and making sure that these conversations are happening out in the open as usual. thank you so much for watching. ah,

and many thanks. it is. and if you live in a community with similar challenges, what would be your solutions if you want to watch a longer version of the diabetes up for you. and it's on our youtube channel, a d, w, the 77 percent, and a make sure you comment on that. and now we've heard about the 2 young months and their experiences and how about the young duds? and this reminds me personally of 2 friends whom i won't mention their names. now the day these 2 dudes received the news that they had impregnated their girlfriend . i'm telling you the unease uncertainty and fear was huge. how did they end up? that's a story for another day. for now are gods of mute. reporter sylvia. a jumble. caught up with a tin dud in nairobi and here is what she learned a lot has been say the about teenage mothers, but there is a forgotten lot deemed that most of these young men i've sent by communities and

feel neglected. my name is even a ruby and on god of today we focus or i'm was his is that taylor been through identified the whole at the end of 17, with alice at the high school see touch when he was interested living. she was a grid below him so he used to help her with her home on the barrels. a i used to sing them together, but you know, we are human beings. so i had feelings, she had feelings, but nobody has ever told each other that they're in love or not. but it just came inside in like that. i just found myself in her in relation she almost and his seat tut such as having sex. and she felt pregnant and i was worried because, you know, she was a school girl. i was a schoolboy useful. we were both climbing and it just affected. i do care. sure.

and what did you think i did you think of a boy son? actually that never came in my mind cause though i have been raised, people do respect life in our community. so it was difficult for me to advise her to. i bought it and go to the next small as in. what did you do next? okay, since i was afraid because her parents were harsh, it forced me to move from dabilla to another town. well by. i had to go for missing for some few weeks and some days before i came back after this story had been sorted out, but an almost done, he was arrested. it's illegal for children in kenya and get new sexual acts. however, such a 1st as involving maintenance are often handled differently to those involving adults under a system called conversion. the law usually a place to tunes who engage in consensual sex. the chief decided and advice to me

not to know to drop out of school. and he advised me to be attending to in this school. he turned every day. so he called my parent who is my dad. and he told him that he is the one will be responsible for my child and the gun. and that's where i had the freedom to go back to school freeman. but despite that, he's that hasn't offered this. unfortunately, it almost has not been forced to take on the responsibility of an adult to support his new family. the girl is at the moment out of school and has already given birth to a baby. boy, i'm sometimes have this much of a taxi to make it this walk. i'm doing it for survival, cause for now i'm an independent boy and in fact i'm a dad. so i love my family, i love the girl. so i'm supposed to provide for them so i can just see that i can just get fitted cause they do depend on me. so i just want to wake up in the morning, come for my asshole,

and do all these for my survival in because i love them and i must provide for them . the hostility from the family of his babies mother is still there, but almost sees his cue to mend fences and to will there. well, i find that past me, impressive and good luck to amazon is of family. and we've got a couple of comments on this video in our facebook page and prince. let me just check on that print. sir james from cumberland sees a great move, a step which even some a mature men can't still handle in our society to day. and we have dinner rica, laconia from kennedy says in my village, i think he must be 19 or 20 years old with 6 kids plus him and his wife while dinner rica. that sounds like a lot of responsibility for boy. anybody let alone somebody that to young. now in some cases tended pregnancy runs hand in hand with ali marriage according to the

united nations. there are currently about 650000000 women and garza round the world who are married before the age of 18. and if things don't change, there will be 170000000 more. gus? married by 2030. now the un wants to eliminate child marriage completely, but it seems so very still going to be a long way to go. now in namibia, almost one. in 5 gast experiences a child marriage, we went to coven will regionally not eastern. the me be aware, the highest number of child marriages occur and caught up with a young woman who told us a story much. he called a village in north east namibia the places home to heal them, a footer. she was raised by her grandma, along with 6 other children with her family struggling to make ends meet her

grandma arranged for her to be married at just 16 into as much as it as such as of my grandmother when i came for august. holy death, natural my smelled. my grandmother said that there's a mental guy who came to me and then as there which me and for lathan blay. and my grandmother said the man came and then he asked you, he asked me handing to mary, as they are, why did you allow them into how, why did you allow them to build the house without hearing it from me? hilda married a man 14 years older than herself, but she's far from alone. according to the namibian government, almost 20 percent of golf namibia a forced into marriage compared with only just of a 4 percent of boys. and surprisingly, the marriage took a toll on her t life and education lament us to have her me, and then he never wanted me to be friends with my friends anymore. and then after school i guess have to be at home and then working for him all the time. it really

felt like it's really difficult for me to do all those things. to me. it looked like and spanish meant a punishment. but even traditionalists and hilton village are starting to acknowledge and slowly unravel because of schooler. i fades in a good child's marriage even though it's their school. but we can make means that they one sees in this cool. she can also come for a 1st period, initiation, then back to school. so attitudes are changing, but in her marriage, hilda was determined to make her own choices, how i needed to have children with me, but i even saw myself very young to have children at that age. and, and they were gonna do that, i'd be hoping to have to go to the clinic and get injured. then,

for feller planning mad gwinnett, when i went to the clinic, i had the maturity showed not more, but it with her husband, frustrated by her inability to get pregnant. hilda's marriage became even more strained. the men, nevada state, their glen, and the night, the way i decided to leave that guy is he asked for thanks. and then i said, no, i'm on my bed and then they gave flap to me. so i really got angry. i bet my things when i moved to my grandmother's house, the ill fated marriage caused hilda to fall behind in her education. but now at 21, she's back on track to finish secondary school. and while being bad, and she would that a member of the men bad, bad giving that job leanplum that mendoza had barons that sent him to school and never implemented that face and began somebody because he is better in st. him to school hilda isn't sure if she wants to get married again or have children. but one thing's for sure. next time it will be her choice.

and this story illustrates how ali marriage can indeed disrupt her childhood. and in my opinion, marriage should actually be a possible choice and on a lighter nor to talking about marriage, her view not is a growing social media craze about wedding dances. it's almost like a competition between couples. about 2 can lay down the best dance routines and well, the dance trend as also heat uganda. so let's see which moves are trending there. it's becoming more and more popular at wedding this days. after the chat ceremony and the vows the bride and groom entertained their guests with choreographed dance moves in uganda, the man behind the dance craze is allan will have what founder of jew. so why to dance creations? a local town for more yoke. wait. when a great al room wanted attainment at a wedding, what they would usually do is

a cigar to hire traditional group or musician, nor an artist. so that is when the idea came to me the, how about can we have more attainment form? a brighter room on the android. and then teachers, the coupled trending down to move from around the continent. 111121 . that was a more into what is printing no longer the printing move you have are, you know, them a piano. yeah. and then we own a home with a young fighter bundled with a whole year, and then only really wanted something planned and enjoyable flat. i like music, he is the via dan,

played hey so we figured we could join them. no fun a whole into a bridesmaid. bad thing and it brings that dancing mood and clearly tells you weddings are becoming so creative these days and they seem to be a big business. and that's are up for to day. you can see more or for content or join in the conversations. and you know what to do to subscribe to our youtube channel or instagram, comment, or drop us a line via email to 77 at d, w dot com. we are ending this week. sure. with nigerian artist areas. believe it or not, she is on the 19th and that is it from me. my name is due to catching. thank you for a

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