Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Uganda are at risk of early sexual debut,
unwanted pregnancy, violence, and disproportionally high HIV infection rates, driven in part by …

… focused on school-going adolescents (14–17 … adolescent girls compared to boys. This study
was however conducted in the central region of Uganda, with a sample of 591 adolescents, …

… Young women in Uganda are … adolescent girls’ suitability for sexual activity. In 2014, we
conducted 19 focus group discussions and 44 in-depth interviews in two communities in Uganda…

Purpose Transactional sex or informal sexual exchange relationships increase adolescent
girls' and young women's (AGYW) HIV and pregnancy risk in sub-Saharan Africa. These …

… adolescents or young girls … Uganda on ‘allowing adolescent girls to access contraception
in a community’ – we refer to as a social norm. In this paper, we refer to adolescent girls as girls …

… adolescent girls’ … central locations due to privacy and insecurity issues, and; inadequate
access to appropriate sexual health information and services, all contribute to adolescent girls’ …

… to girls in low-income settings. In preparation for a menstrual hygiene intervention to reduce
school absenteeism in Uganda… secondary school students in a peri-urban district of Uganda. …

… Our findings show that at times unmarried adolescent girls are not able to identify a person
responsible for pregnancy which leads to paternity being contested. This implies that the …

… of adolescent girls’ vulnerability in Uganda included increasing educational attainment and
keeping girls in … Regional variations are apparent, with rates in the East Central region of our …

… (26 percent) experience extreme vulnerability, is the second most challenging region,
followed by Central 1 which ranks third. Vulnerability is lowest in the Western region, where 12 …