A three-decade law banning pregnant girls from attending school has been scrapped by MPs in Zanzibar.
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: January 29, 2006
Child
Children
with Regard to Women’s Rights in Africa
Zanzibar MPs scrap schoolgirl ban
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A Under the ban, girls under 18 who became pregnant on the Women’s groups had been campaigning to abolish the law saying it The BBC’s Ally Saleh in Zanzibar says it has been hailed as a landmark This is one of a number of gender sensitive decisions Zanzibar has made Following elections last October, 30% of MPs are now women – the quota The opposition Civic United Front staged a walkout during the |
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