Strategic timing of preventive interventions, including the provision of age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education and steps to enable girls to attend and remain in school, allows for positive outcomes before the circumstances of young adolescents’ lives are set. At school they do not accept girls wh0 become pregnant." Researchers and policymakers should join forces to fill this data void to ensure very young adolescents are not overlooked by or excluded from services and to ensure their rights are protected.