Sierra Leone scraps pregnant girl school ban

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“This doesn’t change the culture of violence against girls but it moves us in a big way in the right direction.”

In a statement, the education ministry said scrapping the ban “is the first step in building a radically inclusive Sierra Leone where all children… are able to live and learn in safety and dignity”.

Women and girls in the former British colony face high levels of sexual violence, partly a legacy of the use of rape as a weapon during the civil war of 1991-2002. In December, the Court of Justice of the West Africa bloc ECOWAS and ordered Sierra Leone to retract the ban. He added that successive waves of girls had been shut out of school and the impact of the policy would be felt “for many more years”.

 

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