Teen Mothers Programme

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Since at least 2010 the Gender Affairs Division in Sain Vincent and the Grenadines has implemented the Teen Mothers Programme as a way to teen pregnancy emerging as an area of concern regionally. The Affairs divison has worked to ensure that girls who became pregnant while in school received continued, nondiscriminatory access to education. The Government finances the return of teenage mothers to school through the payment of fees, purchase of books, provision of transportation, and the provision of day-care services for babies. The success of this programme has become a regional best practice of UNFPA, as reported on 2010 to the Tenth Regional Conference on Women in Latin America. The Teen Mothers Programme is geared towards adolescent girls that got pregnant and dropped out of school. Provide them with means to get back into school. Therapeutic intervention and cash assistance.

Lead Implementing Government(s)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Activity URL

https://womensmajorgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/VNR-of-St.-Vincent-and-the-Grenadines-Spotlight-Report-on-SRHR-CRHRN1.pdf

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2010 - 2020

Partner(s)

Right Here Right Now

Ministry Affiliation

Gender Affairs Department

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Adapted

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Gender equality
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school)

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Boys (both in school and out of school)

Participants include

  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Improving transportation

Health and childcare services

  • Providing childcare for young mothers

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Scholarships/stipends for school fees
  • Unconditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased secondary school enrolment
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved maternal, newborn, and/or child health (MNCH)
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms