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| Title: | Social and biblical remedies to the problem of teenage pregnancy in Nigeria |
| Author: | Ogunrinade, Adewale O. |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Periodical: | Orita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies (ISSN 0030-5596) |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 33-49 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Nigeria |
| Subjects: | pregnancy adolescents |
| Abstract: | In Nigeria, out of every 1000 girls, 200 give birth before the age of 18. This paper outlines some of the known causes and consequences of teenage pregnancy in Nigeria and presents solutions to the problem from two ends: the social and the biblical. Causes of teenage pregnancy in Nigeria include the desire for money and material possessions, broken marriages, lack of adequate sex education, rape, poverty and child labour. Teenage pregnancy has the following consequences: disruption of education, the affection of the girls' health, child abandonment, abortion and the accompanying risks, and early marriages. Sociological remedies proposed include intensified sex education in schools, homes and the wider society, as well as intensified moral instructions from parents and guardians, and the improvement of government policies on youth empowerment and development. As to biblical remedies, Church leaders behave as if teenage pregnancy is a 'social issue' and the problems associated with it do not exist in the Church. However, the Church could intervene by the deployment of practical and feasible methods of campaign, teaching and enlightenment about sexuality and sex-related issues in the Church and the news media. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |