Tanzania’s Policy Change Will Allow Pregnant Schoolgirls to Continue Their Education
Country ends discriminatory policy that barred pregnant girls and adolescent mothers from school–days after a case challenging the policy was argued at the ACERWC.
Country ends discriminatory policy that barred pregnant girls and adolescent mothers from school–days after a case challenging the policy was argued at the ACERWC.
11.25.2021 – PRESS STATEMENT: The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC), Tanzania, and the Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is pleased to learn that the United Republic of Tanzania has finally ended the oppressive and grossly discriminatory school policy barring pregnant schoolgirls and adolescent mothers from continuing with their formal education. The public declaration […]
The Center’s case seeks to protect the right of Tanzanian girls to continue their education and pursue opportunities during and after pregnancy.
DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanzania: Nov 22, 2021: Today, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) convenes to hear a complaint filed by rights organizations against the United Republic of Tanzania for the systematic discrimination of girls within the country’s school system. The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Legal and Human […]
Teachers Service Commission v WJ & 5 others [2020] eKLR Court of Appeal of Kenya (2015) Issue: Whether the Teachers Service Commission is vicariously liable for alleged acts of sexual abuse against two students. Center Position: The state is responsible for sexual violence against minors in schools; schools must put in place measures protect students […]
BLANTYRE, 06.24.2021 – (Press Release): The Malawi High Court has reaffirmed the statutory protections for legal abortion under narrow circumstances. In its ruling, the court reiterated that despite the existing legal restrictions on access to safe and legal abortion under sections 149, 150, and 151 of the Penal Code, section 243 makes exception when the […]
A new report by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) finds that women and girls in Kenya lack access to comprehensive information on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) despite the country’s constitutional framework guaranteeing reproductive health and access to such information. The report, titled Access […]
NAIROBI, 06.17.2021 (Press Release): A new report finds that women and girls in Kenya lack access to comprehensive information on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) despite the country’s constitutional framework guaranteeing reproductive health and access to such information. Low uptake of contraceptives, increased rates of unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, sexually transmitted infections including […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partner, Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH), have launched a new report titled Access to SRHR Information by Women and Girls in Kenya: Assessment of Nairobi, Bungoma, Homabay, Kericho and Kilifi Counties. The report discusses a study by the Center and TICAH that evaluated women and girls’ access to […]
High Court of Malawi Clarifies Law on Abortion (Updated 06.28.2021) On June 15 2021, the Malawi High Court reaffirmed the statutory protections for legal abortion. In its ruling, the court reiterated that despite the existing legal restrictions on access to safe and legal abortion under the Penal Code, it also makes an exception when the […]