At the same time, Fernando Zingman, a health specialist with Unicef, says that many vulnerable young women with few other options in life decide to have a child as a way of finding a sense of purpose. He says that this reflects deepening inequalities in Argentinean society : while wealthier groups are delaying motherhood, those living in poverty are bringing it forward. As a result, neither finish their studies and are unable to improve their situation as they grow older.
Today we are assigning poverty at birth. Half of children under 14 live in poverty. Zingman also says that men tend to decide on the use of contraception in Argentina. During negotiations, the man decides if one is used or not. The Argentinean NGO Haciendo Camino Making Progress runs a program at health centers in the north of the country that aims to prepare vulnerable young pregnant women for motherhood.
Finally, she had a premature baby. The baby was in hospital for a month until it gained the right weight. SonRisas Smiles is a non-profit organization that works in Monte Grande, a small town around 25 kilometers south of Buenos Aires, where it set up a special program to provide sex education for teenagers. But its efforts ran into reality. This was very frustrating for us, because we provided the information, but for one reason or another they made different choices.
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