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Podcast: The Daily Discourse
Episode: Justice Departmen and their role in dealing with teenage pregnancy
Description: Today we end our series where we speak to the different government departments about the role they play in curbing teenage pregnancy. On Monday we spoke to the Department of Health about the obligation from doctors and nurses to report underage mothers who come in to deliver their babies. Yesterday (Wed) we speak to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development to hear and educate ourselves about the application of the law on things like statutory rape, consent, facing a charge vs a conviction incases of rape. The challenges around dealing with juveniles in sex related cases and the imp...