The report, entitled, “Motherhood in childhood: facing the challenge of adolescent pregnancy” targets the issues of teenage pregnancy and motherhood in childhood.

In developing countries, where every year 7.3 million girls under 18 give birth, of these 7.3 million births, 2 million are to girls 14 or younger.

According to the report, in Armenia only 8 per cent of live births is attributable to mothers of age <20, while adolescent birth rate is 28.3 (per 1000 women). The report shows that 3 per cent of girls at age 15-19 use modern contraception. This indicator reaches to 18 per cent for young women of age 20-24.

In addition, the report reveals that abortion rate (abortion per 1000 live births) among women below 20 years old in Armenia is approximately 189.

For details, please visit the report web page on UNFPA Armenia web site, and the report global page.