Many early pregnancies are a result of abuse and forced sex or rape or marriage.
All girls have the right to education, regardless of their marital, pregnancy or motherhood status.
Schools in Uganda recently reopened after almost two years of closure due to Covid-19. When it closed schools in 2020, the government also issued guidelines for prevention and management of teenage pregnancy in a school setting that allow for readmission of pregnant girls.
However, Anglican Bishop James Ssebaggala recently shocked many when he called for pregnant girls and teenage mothers to be locked out of school.
