September 7, 2020Open Access

Association between sexual violence and unintended pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa

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Our study found a huge magnitude of unintended pregnancy among AGYW. Sexual violence is an important predictor of unintended pregnancy in this age cohort. Thus, addressing unintended pregnancies among AGYW in South Africa requires interventions that not only increase access to contraceptive information and services but also reduce sexual violence and cater for survivors.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8a73f5c3030ff03d1a42b https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09488-6

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