Young mum Mphatso Gumulira, 15, with her son Zayitwa in the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, in May 2012. She had to drop out of school when she became pregnant. Up to a quarter of girls in sub-Saharan Africa drop out of school due to unintended pregnancies. In Africa, 24 percent of women of reproductive age have an unmet need for modern contraception according to the World Health Organization.

First published in the July 01, 2019, 9:14 p.m. edition

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