SKN Students Engage: Youth, Women & Poverty

1 in 3 individuals in St Kitts and Nevis are poor.

Poverty is highest among individuals under the age of 25, with a higher proportion of women living in poverty than men.

SKN Students Engage:

“Why isn't the birth control pill widely used in St.Kitts/Nevis? Why does no one publicly advocate its use? Does no one realize that the cycle of poverty will be forever continued if women continually have babies at a very young age? So young in fact that they have not yet had a chance to complete their education, which everyone knows would give them a better chance at breaking the cycle of poverty.”

Our concern to women’s health could not be more relevant.

According to the World Bank 2003 report:

“A single cohort of adolescent mothers is estimated to cost society, in terms of forgone benefits from alternative uses of resources, more than US$2 million in St. Kitts and Nevis.”

We the young people are the custodians of the Federation and the trustees of future generations in St. Kitts and Nevis.

1 in 3 individuals in St Kitts and Nevis are poor, with this poverty highest among individuals under the age of 25 ---This is shameful.

Let us further explore measures to address this concern.

By this Concern, We Vociferate
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