Percentage of adolescents who have live-born children, by number of children.
Note:
The Montevideo Consensus indicator considers the percentage of adolescents who are mothers (figures presented in this graph) and its disaggregation according to the number of children that they have. This last information is pending to be included.
Type
Quantitative
Priority Measures
B.12 - Sexual health and reproductive health
12
Implement comprehensive, timely, good-quality sexual health and reproductive health programmes for adolescents and young people, including youth-friendly sexual health and reproductive health services with a gender, human rights, intergenerational and intercultural perspective, which guarantee access to safe and effective modern contraceptive methods, respecting the principles of confidentiality and privacy, to enable adolescents and young people to exercise their sexual rights and reproductive rights, to have a responsible, pleasurable and healthy sex life, avoid early and unwanted pregnancies, the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, and to take free, informed and responsible decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive life and the exercise of their sexual orientation.
B.14 - Prevention of adolescent pregnancy
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Prioritize the prevention of pregnancy among adolescents and eliminate unsafe abortion through comprehensive education on emotional development and sexuality, and timely and confidential access to good-quality information, counselling, technologies and services, including emergency oral contraception without a prescription and male and female condoms.
B.15 - Prevention of subsequent adolescent pregnancy
15
Design intersectoral strategies to help young women avoid subsequent pregnancies, including antenatal, childbirth and post-partum care, access to contraceptive methods, protection, support and justice.
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