Women's rights group, Equality Now, has filed a case against the Tanzanian government at the Africa Court on Human Rights. That's over its ban on pregnant girls from attending school. The organisation says the ban, which was passed in 2002, is discriminatory and has trapped many girls in a cycle of poverty.
To tell us more, we are now joined via Zoom from Kenya by Equality Now's Regional Coordinator for the Africa office, Judy Gitau
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and also #SABCNews #Coronavirus #COVID19News on Social Media.
To tell us more, we are now joined via Zoom from Kenya by Equality Now's Regional Coordinator for the Africa office, Judy Gitau
For more news, visit sabcnews.com and also #SABCNews #Coronavirus #COVID19News on Social Media.
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