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Uganda welcomes young mothers back to school

Uganda welcomes young mothers back to school

ELIAS BIRYABAREMA AT a tumble-down wooden shack in a fishing village on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda, 17-year-old Margaret Babirye cuddles her baby at lunch break before dashing back to school - a right she could only have dreamed about before Uganda's reforms. Babirye is one of thousands of girls benefiting from a new Ugandan government policy encouraging girls who have given birth to return to class, part of a broader trend documented by Human Rights Watch where African nations are encouraging young mothers back to school. "I made a mistake giving birth while still young and in…
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