{"id":117644,"date":"2023-10-11T07:30:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T04:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/reducing-teen-pregnancy-in-thailand\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T07:30:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T04:30:43","slug":"reducing-teen-pregnancy-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/reducing-teen-pregnancy-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing teen pregnancy in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117644\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nTeen pregnancy rates have been falling dramatically in Thailand thanks to progressive legislation, but more can be done to drive it lower if the rights of girls and young women are respected, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). Ahead of the International Day of the Girl Child, marked annually on 11 October, Asa Torkelsson, the Fund\u2019s Country Director in Thailand, spoke to UN News and explained how the UN is supporting access to sexual and reproductive health, especially for young people.<\/p>\n<p>UN News: How widespread is teen pregnancy in Thailand? Asa Torkelsson: The Thai government, with the support of national and international partners like UNFPA, has made significant progress in reducing teen pregnancy over the past decade. In 2011, the rate among women aged 15 to 19 was 53.4 births per 1,000, the highest it has been in Thailand since records began. Legislation introduced in 2016 aimed to halve the rate within 10 years, but that target was reached by 2021, and now the aim is to reach less than 15 births per 1,000 by 2027. So, the statistics show that Thailand is doing very well, but more work needs to be done.<\/p>\n<p>UN News: What more needs to be done to drive down the rate of teen pregnancies? Asa Torkelsson: A range of social issues drives adolescent pregnancy. They include stigmatization about accessing birth control, gender inequality, poverty, sexual violence, and coercion as well as negative attitudes about women and girls. Many efforts to reduce it also neglect to account for the important role of boys and men. We need to make greater efforts to promote a masculinity which listens to and respects the dignity of women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>A more holistic approach is required to support girls\u2019 rights and to empower them to avoid adolescent pregnancy. Such an approach should include age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education for all young people, the building of gender-equitable societies by empowering girls and engaging men and boys, and measures to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health information as well as services that welcome them and facilitate their choices. We need to see the participation of young people, families, and communities in establishing safe spaces for young people to discuss their sexual and reproductive health and their choices of family planning.<\/p>\n<p>UN News: What role does stigmatization and discrimination play? Asa Torkelsson: When young girls get pregnant, they can often experience discrimination wherever they are in the world, and this is certainly true in Thailand. Thailand can be considered a traditional society in many respects and so pregnant teens may be regarded with great disapproval, in other words stigmatized.<\/p>\n<p>UN News: What are the long-term impacts of teen pregnancy? Asa Torkelsson: Most teen pregnancies are unplanned and unintended and so often lead to many challenges. Many adolescents are not yet physically ready for pregnancy or childbirth and are therefore more vulnerable to complications. In fact, early pregnancy is the chief contributor to death among younger girls in Thailand. Additionally, in Thailand, they tend to be from lower-income households, and many are nutritionally depleted, increasing the risks associated with pregnancy and childbearing. Adolescent pregnancy takes an enormous toll on a girl\u2019s education and income-earning potential, as many girls stop going to school.<\/p>\n<p>UN News: Is the legislation helping to reduce teen pregnancy? Asa Torkelsson: Effective legislation requires more than its passing into law. There is a lot of work to do in making sure the healthcare sector in Thailand is properly trained on the new requirements as well as how to deal with young pregnant girls.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2023\/10\/1141927\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/reducing-teen-pregnancy-in-thailand\/\">Reducing teen pregnancy in Thailand<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,3348,4996,914],"class_list":["post-117644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-pregnancy","tag-teen","tag-thailand"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}