Let pregnant girls return to school in Tanzania, campaigners plea

Let pregnant girls return to school in Tanzania, campaigners plea
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DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Emily Nyoni was enjoying studying at Bunju secondary school in Dar es Salaam and hoped to pursue medical studies to become a doctor until she found out she was pregnant and was expelled. Nyoni, then ...

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

01 Feb

Govt urged to act on pregnant school girls’ policy

Education stakeholders have requested the government to put to use the long awaited policy seeking to allow teenage students conceiving in schools to continue with their studies.

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

214 Nigerian girls rescued from Boko Haram pregnant: UN

The United Nations (UN) says at least 214 young women and girls recently rescued from the the camps of the Takfiri Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigeria are pregnant.
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA)’s executive director, Babatunde Osotimehin, said Monday that many of these women are undergoing medical tests and screening for various diseases and infections, including HIV/AIDS.
"About 214 of those already screened were discovered to be at various stages of pregnancies, some visibly...

 

11 years ago

Westport News

08 May

Saugatuck Elementary children help send girls to school in Tanzania

Saugatuck Elementary children help send girls to school in Tanzania
Westport News
Children and their families at Saugatuck Elementary School have raised enough money to send two African girls to school in Tanzania. The schoolwide spare change drive for the SEGA Girls School in Tanzania raised $1,647-- enough money to sponsor two ...

 

11 years ago

BBC

Nigeria teacher in seized girls plea

The headmistress of a school in Nigeria calls on the government to do more to save teenage girls abducted by suspected Islamist militants.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Nigeria leader in missing girls plea

Goodluck Jonathan admits Nigeria's security forces still do not know where dozens of schoolgirls abducted by militants last month are being held.

 

11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Nigeria leader in missing girls plea

President Goodluck Jonathan has admitted that Nigerian security forces still do not know where more than 200 abducted girls are being held.

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

Charles Mihayo in Melbourne court for plea hearing over deaths of his girls Savannah and Indianna

Savannah, 4, and Indianna, 3, were killed by their father Charles Mihayo, who faces a plea hearing in Melbourne today.Source: SuppliedCharles Mihayo arrives at court in September when he pleaded guilty to the murders. Source: News Corp Australia
AFTER he smothered his two daughters to death Charles Mihayo didn’t waste time confessing to police what he’d done.“It’s done. I’ve killed them. I’ve killed my kids,” he said to the officers who came to the door on Easter Sunday this year.At the time...

 

11 years ago

Accrington Observer

01 Jul

Bon voyage as Bethany girls return home

Accrington Observer
Bon voyage as Bethany girls return home
Accrington Observer
About 160 people turned out to a farewell party for two girls, Jesca and Emma, who are returning to Tanzania to work as volunteer teachers after completing their teacher training with the Bethany Project. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Email. Jesca and Emma from ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Hope for Boko Haram girls' return

The Nigerian government is still hopeful of securing the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram.

 

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