Women’s rights group, Equality Now, has filed a case against the Tanzanian government at the Africa Court on Human and People’s Rights over its ban on pregnant girls from attending school.
The organisation, in a statement, said that going to court was the last resort after years of lobbying the government to overturn the ban however the Tanzanian government has not officially responded to the suit.
A law passed in 2002 allows for the expulsion of pregnant schoolgirls for “offences against morality” and “wedlock”.
At least 8,000 Tanzanian girls drop out of school every year due to pregnancy, according to a Human Rights Watch report. ENDS
