Girls in school: In Uganda, Anglican Church and government disagree on policy allowing pregnant students to return to school
JOHN SEMAKULA reports on how the Anglican Church’s ban on allowing expectant girls to attend schools has put them at odds with government policy and sparked a heated debate in the country…
Teen pregnancy costs Latin America billions of dollars a year – UN
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation High rates of teenage pregnancy in Latin America cost governments in the region billions of dollars of year while worsening poverty and inequality, according to research published by the United Nations on Wednesday. Per nation, teenage pregnancy costs on average $US1.2 billion a year in lost of earnings by mothers, tax […]