ZIMBABWE: Pregnancy need not put an end to education

Posted August 25, 2010

HARARE Wednesday, August 25, 2010 (IRIN) – Falling pregnant used to mean the end of school – and of much more – for girls in Zimbabwe, so a new regulation replacing immediate expulsion with maternity leave has been welcomed.

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