
11/07/2025
Don't punish school girls for getting pregnant. A pregnant girl is often punished harsher than her sexual abuser because leaders frame teenage pregnancy as a moral failing, ignoring its reality as a development emergency and a human rights crisis.
Labila Sumayah Musoke opines in today's Daily Monitor
https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/commentary/don-t-punish-schoolgirls-for-getting-pregnant-5113842
As Uganda’s 2026 general elections approach, she urges voters to demand clear commitments: Will your government...
✅ Keep pregnant girls in school?
✅ Support adolescent mothers to return without prejudice?
✅ Protect every girl, regardless of circumstance?
Center for Reproductive Rights