Advancing Girls and Young Women Leadership
In recent months following the COVID19 lockdown, the media has been awash with stories and features of increasing cases of teenage pregnancies and child marriages. The rise in teenage pregnancies is one of the most prominent negative outcomes of children
Makerere University has released a survey that shows that phones are spoiling girls and aiding communication that translates into risky sexual behaviours contributing to the high adolescent pregnancies in the country. Several mini researches that came out during the coronavirus
When schools resumed, first for candidates, the government declared that those children who had gotten pregnant during the lockdown but were keen to continue with school would be allowed to sit for their final examinations
Child marriage is a major violation of girl’s human rights as it denies young girls the right to education, health, equality and a life free from violence and exploitation. In Uganda, at least one in 10 girls are married by
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