Ugandan President agrees to engage with Anglican Church leaders over expectant mothers attending church-run schools
Kampala, Uganda Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has agreed to engage with the country’s Anglican Church leadership to resolve an impasse which has seen thousands of expectant school girls locked out of the country’s church-founded schools since the beginning of the academic year. In January, at the start of the academic year, a sharp disagreement emerged […]
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…
Tanzania to allow students to restart education after giving birth
Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaReuters Tanzania will now allow girls aged 12-to-19-years-old who left school due to pregnancy to resume formal education after giving birth, its education minister said on Wednesday, ending a ban on the return of such students which has been criticised by rights groups as discriminatory. The move comes after a June announcement […]
Sierra Leone lifts ban on pregnant girls attending school
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Sierra Leone on Monday overturned a ban on pregnant girls attending school in a victory for human rights activists who had fought against it for five years. The West African country introduced the ban in 2015 after a rise in rape, abuse and poverty during the deadly Ebola outbreak fueled a […]
Regional court to judge Sierra Leone schools ban for pregnant girls
Thomson Reuters Foundation A West African court is to examine a ban on pregnant girls going to school in Sierra Leone in a landmark case that campaigners say could strengthen girls’ rights across the region. Sierra Leone introduced the ban in 2015 after a rise in rape, abuse and poverty during the deadly Ebola outbreak […]