Ghana: Tackling the taboo topic of teen pregnancy

For Christiane and Yannick Milev, tackling teen pregnancy is a family affair. Together the mother-and-son team run Village Exchange Ghana, a community-based NGO offering support to young mothers and other youth in Ghana’s rural Volta region. "Teen-age pregnancy programmes used to focus only on girls – what not to do or punishment – no support," Ms. Milev says. “Men go on with their lives without consequences. Men have all the power and decision-making and don’t ask women what they think or want.”