Every girl deserves a second chance after pregnancy
Daily Monitor Saturday February 20 2021 Left: Some of the teens expecting babies display their craftswork at the rehab centre. PHOTO/Abdul-NASSER SSEMUGABI. Summary According to a survey published in the BioMed Central, United Kingdom-based scientific journal, in August 2020, 25 per cent of girls in Uganda give birth below the age of 18. Most of the cases are attributed to defilement, rape and incest. Advertisement Linda* is only 12 years old but eight months pregnant. On the fateful day, her aunt took her children to her supermarket in Mbarara, and left Linda home to prepare meals for the fa...