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Social workers who are working toward ending child marriage and teenage pregnancy in Lango Sub-region say there is a risk of violence on the job.

The rate of teenage pregnancies in Lango was as high as 28 percent in 2020, according to Reproductive Health Uganda (RHU). This means one in three girls under the age of 19 is either a mother or is pregnant, said the organisation’s executive director, Mr Jackson Chekekwo.

Ms Christine Anono, the Lira District Community Development Officer, acknowledged that the situation in Lira is the worst.

“The Demographic Survey of 2019 put the rate of teenage pregnancies in Lira District at 24 percent to 30 percent,” she said at a recent engagement meeting organised by Joy for Children Uganda (JFCU), a child rights organisation, in Lira City.

The dialogue was aimed at building consensus on the importance of protecting girls’ rights, keeping them in school and delaying marriage and childbirth.

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