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Tanzania: Magufuli Closes Debate On Teen Mothers
Citizen, 23 June 2017
The debate is closed. Schoolgirls who become pregnant will not be allowed back into public schools after giving birth, President John Magufuli said on Thursday. Read more »
Magufuli Vows Not to Allow Teen Mothers Back to School
President John Magufuli accused some non-governmental organisations, which have been urging the Tanzanian government to allow teen mothers back to school, of being used by foreign agents.
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Tanzania: Social Media Reacts to Magufuli's Decision to Ban Teen Mothers
Citizen, 23 June 2017
President John Magufuli's remarks that girls, who are impregnated, while at school won't be allowed to resume studies after delivery, has drawn heated debate on various social… Read more »
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Tanzania: Magufuli Won't Allow Teen Mothers Back to School
Citizen, 22 June 2017
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has vowed on Thursday that his administration would not allow schoolgirls, who get impregnated, back to school. Read more »
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Tanzania: Pregnancy Isn't 'End of School' for the Girl-Child - Civil Society
Daily News, 22 June 2017
A local non-profit civil society organisation (HAKIELIMU) has launched a campaign aimed at hastening achievement of the 'girl child education' as well as emphasizing on the need… Read more »
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Tanzania: NGO for Rights of Teen Mothers
Citizen, 21 June 2017
Appeal to allow teenage mothers back to school after giving birth continues to draw heated debate among various human rights defenders in the country. Read more »
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Tanzania: Allow Teen Mothers Back to School After Delivery - Rights Body
Citizen, 17 June 2017
The Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) has called on the government to allow girls, who are impregnated, while at school to continue with their studies after… Read more »
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Tanzania: Unicef Urges Govt to Let Teen Mothers Study
Citizen, 11 June 2017
Unicef’s Chief of Education in Tanzania, Ms Cecillia Baldesh, told The Citizen on Sunday in an exclusive interview recently that every adolescent girl [including teen… Read more »
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Tanzania: VP's Office Clarifies Ms Samia's Remarks On School Pregnancies
Citizen, 7 June 2017
The Vice President Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan has condemned the rising rate of pregnancy cases among schoolgirls. However, according to a statement released by the VP office on… Read more »
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Tanzania: Let Teen Mothers Go Back to School - It's Their Right!
Citizen, 17 May 2017
We consider it strange that some of our MPs, people we elect to make (good) laws to guide our country to prosperity, have the temerity to argue that a girl who becomes a mother… Read more »
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Tanzania: Why Teens Will Take Fake Parent to School
Citizen, 22 November 2016
Parents have at times been the reason why their children turn out to be habitual liars after breaking school rules and regulations. Students at times indulge in bashes and… Read more »
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Tanzania: Girls Hooked On Family Planning
Citizen, 11 October 2016
High above the routine, commonplace slog of Waa village in Kwale, a dense formation of coastal clouds drifts lazily across the sky. Read more »
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Tanzania: Pregnant Teens Forced Out of School
IPS, 10 March 2010
Pregnancy is the leading cause of dropouts for school girls in Tanzania. And a national law forbidding young mothers to return to school after giving birth did not make it any… Read more »
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The parliament has passed a bill which will punish men who marry or impregnate schoolgirls up to 30 years in prison. Read more »
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The government has launched a massive family planning campaign in a bid to prevent teenage pregnancies in the country. Read more »
