Mary* is a 16-year-old mother of a seven-month-old baby girl. She had to drop out of school after becoming pregnant last year, when schools were closed to tame the spread of Covid-19. “He also told me not to use other forms of birth control because they are not safe. Just like Mary, Susan’s boyfriend was not keen on use of condoms and other forms of birth control. Susan says the little information she got from her peers was not helpful as they too did not know much about birth control.

Source: Standard Digital March 28, 2021 21:00 UTC