Lipsticks & Babies - Teenage Pregnancy in South London
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The UK is the country with the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe.
The majority of young mothers in the city of London are concentrated in the southern districts of Lambeth and Southwark.
Lambeth Council, together with partner institutions, works to reduce teenage conceptions and births to teenage mothers.
Communications campaigns have been used to raise awareness and prevent the teenage pregnancy rate. The key messages of the local campaign fit with the national teenage pregnancy campaign: condom distribution, information and advice about sexually transmitted infections, addressing sexual behavior, and cutting down alcohol and drug use- which makes young people more vulnerable to having unsafe sex.
South London YMCA is a charity based in Stockwell Road. It provides a residence for young mothers called Teenage Parents Service (TPS).
TPS consists of 7 independent flats: 5 for single mothers (aged between 16-25) and their baby, and 2 for couples and their baby.
TPS is staffed by specialized Housing Support Workers who help the girls with advice on how to raise their children and to achieve stability and independence in life.
Many of the mothers and couples hosted by TPS services have African and South American origins. Stockwell is an area with a large Black Afro community.
Carolina, Melissa, Stephanie, Sarah and Johanna have become pregnant between 16 and 17 years old. Moving away from the family of origin, they have found a place to stay at TPS.
The majority of young mothers in the city of London are concentrated in the southern districts of Lambeth and Southwark.
Lambeth Council, together with partner institutions, works to reduce teenage conceptions and births to teenage mothers.
Communications campaigns have been used to raise awareness and prevent the teenage pregnancy rate. The key messages of the local campaign fit with the national teenage pregnancy campaign: condom distribution, information and advice about sexually transmitted infections, addressing sexual behavior, and cutting down alcohol and drug use- which makes young people more vulnerable to having unsafe sex.
South London YMCA is a charity based in Stockwell Road. It provides a residence for young mothers called Teenage Parents Service (TPS).
TPS consists of 7 independent flats: 5 for single mothers (aged between 16-25) and their baby, and 2 for couples and their baby.
TPS is staffed by specialized Housing Support Workers who help the girls with advice on how to raise their children and to achieve stability and independence in life.
Many of the mothers and couples hosted by TPS services have African and South American origins. Stockwell is an area with a large Black Afro community.
Carolina, Melissa, Stephanie, Sarah and Johanna have become pregnant between 16 and 17 years old. Moving away from the family of origin, they have found a place to stay at TPS.
