Statistics about girls' pregnancies in the school environment

• If all girls received education, the frequency of teen pregnancy would drop by 59% and child deaths would decrease by 49%.
• girls aged 15 to 19 are five times more likely to be infected with HIV than boys.
• According to the Ministry of Health, presently, 25% of the Ugandan teenagers become pregnant by the age of 19. About 49% are married before their 18th birthday

Health: one of the main obstacle of girls' education on Africa

End Exclusion from School for Married, Pregnant Students (Source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/16/africa-make-girls-access-education-reality)

“The African continent has one of the world’s highest rates of adolescent pregnancy, but many governments insist on tackling this social and public health challenge by punishing girls and jeopardizing their future,” said Elin Martínez, Children’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch.

Early marriage and teenage pregnancy are significant factors. In sub-Saharan Africa, 40 percent of girls marry before age 18, and African countries account for 15 of the 20 countries with the highest rates of child marriage globally. The region also has the world’s highest prevalence of adolescent pregnancies. In 14 sub-Saharan countries, between 30 and 51 percent of girls give birth before they are 18. Cultural or religious beliefs often stigmatize unmarried, pregnant girls, with the result that many pregnant girls are forced into early marriages.