Abortion is illegal in Burkina but there are many clincis that will carry out the procedure

Edwige Sorgho was born and raised in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa.

In Ouagadougou many teenage girls become mothers, but having a child so young brings shame upon the girls' families.

When Edwige came to London three years ago, she was stunned to find that there were teenage girls having children, leaving school to be single mothers.

"This happens often at home...how could it be happening in a country with so much education, so much access to sexual health advice and so many rights for women?", says Edwige.

These realisations led Edwige to make this special programme for BBC World Service, exploring the experiences of teenage mothers on two different continents.

Teenagers are having the same experiences in Ouagadougou and London, but who is better off, and how can you judge?

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This programme is available as a podcast/download.

This programme was first broadcast in June 2007 and was produced by Edwige Sorgho of BBC's French for Africa Service.