When Imani from Tanzania was 16 years old, she was sexually abused by her private tutor in secondary school. Upon discovering that she was pregnant, she was expelled from her school and home.
Imani is one of 8,000 Tanzanian girls who drop out of school every year due to pregnancy. Now the President of Tanzania has banned pregnant girls and young mothers from returning to school.
l work with girls such as Imani. With the ban in place, these girls have no possibility to fulfill their future dreams of becoming engineers or writers or more. I could not silently stand by this injustice, so I started a petition demanding that Tanzania allow young mothers and pregnant students back into school. Please sign my petition here.
This month the government is going to be discussing child marriage, and I believe it’s a perfect time to show the president that the international community supports young girls and moms in my country. Please help me send a message that Tanzania needs to do more to help new moms get the education they deserve. Support my petition to challenge the new ban that has denied pregnant girls access to education.
Thank you for joining the global access to education movement for girls!
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