March 01
Mozambique: Pregnant Students, Adolescent Mothers Leave School
Many adolescent girls and women in Mozambique, who are pregnant or parenting, drop out of school because they face huge barriers and get inadequate support from schools at one… Read more »
February 13
Mozambique: Pregnant Students, Adolescent Mothers Don't Get Support, Leave School
Instruct Educators on Obligations, Improve Reproductive Health Services Read more »
June 28, 2023
Africa: More Than 70 Countries Pledge to Strengthen Right to Free Education
Statement at UN Supports Free Education from Preschool through Secondary Read more »
May 09, 2023
Africa: Legal Right to Free Education Grows Globally
Expanded International Law Could Accelerate Progress Read more »
May 08, 2023
Sierra Leone: Centre Girls' Voices in Education Reforms
New Law Should Require Greater Inclusion of Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Read more »
August 30, 2022
Niger: New Niger Order Protects Girls' Rights to Education
Girls in nearly a third of African countries face significant barriers to education when they become pregnant. But this is changing. In 2019, the government of Niger adopted an… Read more »
Niger: New Niger Law Protects Girls' Rights to Education
Girls in nearly a third of African countries face significant barriers to education when they become pregnant. But this is changing. In 2019, Niger passed a law directing schools… Read more »
Africa: Across Africa, Many Young Mothers Face Education Barriers
African Union Guidance, Policy Reforms Needed to Ensure Girls Continue Education Read more »
June 26, 2022
Tanzania: Court to Rule On Education Ban for Pregnant Students
Amicus from Rights Groups to African Human Rights Court Read more »
June 16, 2022
Africa: End Rights Abuses Against Girls
Ban Child Marriage; Allow Pregnant Students in School; Ensure Free Education Read more »
January 16, 2012
Ethiopia: Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship
The Ethiopian government under its "villagization" program is forcibly relocating approximately 70,000 indigenous people from the western Gambella region to new villages that lack… Read more »