Lesotho: Basotho Support Sexuality Education, Access to Contraceptives Regardless of Age, Marital Status

Most citizens support women’s autonomy in marriage and childbearing decisions.

Key findings

• Overwhelming majorities of Basotho say women should be able to decide for themselves whether and when to get married (86%) as well as when to have children and how many children to have (78%).
• Women are more likely than men to assert women’s autonomy in choices about marriage (89% vs. 83%) and childbearing (86% vs. 69%).
• Nearly nine in 10 citizens (88%) “agree” (16%) or “strongly agree” (72%) that pupils…