Enhancing Youth Skills and Economic Opportunities to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Colombia

Enhancing Youth Skills and Economic Opportunities to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Colombia

The Government of Colombia (GoC) has identified teenage pregnancy as a priority issue. The current strategic framework to address teenage pregnancy in Colombia is outlined in the CONPES 147, effective from February 2012 until March 2014. The CONPES...

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Main Authors: Gimenez, Lea, Van Wie, Sara Hause, Muller, Miriam, Schutte, Rebecca, Rounseville, Megan Zella, Viveros Mendoza, Martha Celmira
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
GENDER EQUALITY
LIFE SKILLS
TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION
YOUTH
YOUTH LABOR MARKETS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24750120/enhancing-youth-skills-economic-opportunities-reduce-teenage-pregnancy-colombia
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spelling okr-10986-223442021-04-23T14:04:08Z Enhancing Youth Skills and Economic Opportunities to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Colombia Gimenez, Lea Van Wie, Sara Hause Muller, Miriam Schutte, Rebecca Rounseville, Megan Zella Viveros Mendoza, Martha Celmira ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES GENDER EQUALITY LIFE SKILLS TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION YOUTH YOUTH LABOR MARKETS The Government of Colombia (GoC) has identified teenage pregnancy as a priority issue. The current strategic framework to address teenage pregnancy in Colombia is outlined in the CONPES 147, effective from February 2012 until March 2014. The CONPES 147 establishes a multi-sectoral framework that aims to address the determining factors of teenage pregnancy within Colombia (Box 1). The national strategy outlined in the CONPES 147 was piloted in 192 municipalities for youth ages 10 through 19. Building on this strategy, the Commission for the Guarantee of Sexual and Reproductive Rights is developing a new framework to guide the government’s policy and activities to address this important policy issue in the coming years. Parallel to its work on teenage pregnancy, the GoC released a national strategic framework to generate opportunities for Colombian youth in July 2014. The note includes an overview of the WDR 2012 gender equality framework and World Bank regional study on teenage pregnancy; outlines the Colombian country context with regard to gender equality and youth labor market outcomes; reviews interventions that develop life skills; and highlights how these interventions might be relevant to the GoC policies and programs related to teenage pregnancy prevention (CONPES 147) and youth labor (CONPES 173). 2015-07-29T18:42:49Z 2015-07-29T18:42:49Z 2015-06-25 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24750120/enhancing-youth-skills-economic-opportunities-reduce-teenage-pregnancy-colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22344 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Colombia
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topic ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
GENDER EQUALITY
LIFE SKILLS
TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION
YOUTH
YOUTH LABOR MARKETS
spellingShingle ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
GENDER EQUALITY
LIFE SKILLS
TEENAGE PREGNANCY PREVENTION
YOUTH
YOUTH LABOR MARKETS
Gimenez, Lea
Van Wie, Sara Hause
Muller, Miriam
Schutte, Rebecca
Rounseville, Megan Zella
Viveros Mendoza, Martha Celmira
Enhancing Youth Skills and Economic Opportunities to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Colombia
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description The Government of Colombia (GoC) has identified teenage pregnancy as a priority issue. The current strategic framework to address teenage pregnancy in Colombia is outlined in the CONPES 147, effective from February 2012 until March 2014. The CONPES 147 establishes a multi-sectoral framework that aims to address the determining factors of teenage pregnancy within Colombia (Box 1). The national strategy outlined in the CONPES 147 was piloted in 192 municipalities for youth ages 10 through 19. Building on this strategy, the Commission for the Guarantee of Sexual and Reproductive Rights is developing a new framework to guide the government’s policy and activities to address this important policy issue in the coming years. Parallel to its work on teenage pregnancy, the GoC released a national strategic framework to generate opportunities for Colombian youth in July 2014. The note includes an overview of the WDR 2012 gender equality framework and World Bank regional study on teenage pregnancy; outlines the Colombian country context with regard to gender equality and youth labor market outcomes; reviews interventions that develop life skills; and highlights how these interventions might be relevant to the GoC policies and programs related to teenage pregnancy prevention (CONPES 147) and youth labor (CONPES 173).
format Working Paper
author Gimenez, Lea
Van Wie, Sara Hause
Muller, Miriam
Schutte, Rebecca
Rounseville, Megan Zella
Viveros Mendoza, Martha Celmira
author_facet Gimenez, Lea
Van Wie, Sara Hause
Muller, Miriam
Schutte, Rebecca
Rounseville, Megan Zella
Viveros Mendoza, Martha Celmira
author_sort Gimenez, Lea
title Enhancing Youth Skills and Economic Opportunities to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Colombia
title_short Enhancing Youth Skills and Economic Opportunities to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Colombia
title_full Enhancing Youth Skills and Economic Opportunities to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Colombia
title_fullStr Enhancing Youth Skills and Economic Opportunities to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing Youth Skills and Economic Opportunities to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Colombia
title_sort enhancing youth skills and economic opportunities to reduce teenage pregnancy in colombia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24750120/enhancing-youth-skills-economic-opportunities-reduce-teenage-pregnancy-colombia
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