Leave No Girl Behind in Africa
Discrimination in Education against Pregnant Girls and Adolescent Mothers
![“Evelina,” 17, with her 3-year-old daughter “Hope,” in Migori county, western Kenya. Evelina is in Form 2, the second year of lower secondary school.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806africa_au_main_0.jpg?itok=Mu82UCfV)
August 4, 2022
Many African governments have made important progress to advance and protect girls’ right to education. But tens of thousands of adolescent girls across Africa still face barriers in schooling each year as they are pregnant or have become mothers.
Discrimination in Education against Pregnant Girls and Adolescent Mothers
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