Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Three years ago, President Julius Maada Bio announced that the Government of Sierra Leone had lifted the ban prohibiting pregnant schoolgirls from attending school. The decision followed a judgment issued on December 12, 2019, by the ECOWAS Court, in a case brought by Equality Now together with Women Against Violence and Exploitation (WAVES) and Child Welfare Society (CWS) and in collaboration with the Institute for Human Rights and Development (IHRDA).
Following the judgment, we worked with partners locally engaging with key government actors to explain the court decision and ensure it translated into action, including a commitment to address the root causes of teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone.
Watch Equality Now and our partner’s long journey to help lift the ban in Sierra Leone so that girls can enjoy their right to education and freedom from sexual violence.
Learn more: bit.ly/41hMuuw
Three years ago, President Julius Maada Bio announced that the Government of Sierra Leone had lifted the ban prohibiting pregnant schoolgirls from attending school. The decision followed a judgment issued on December 12, 2019, by the ECOWAS Court, in a case brought by Equality Now together with Women Against Violence and Exploitation (WAVES) and Child Welfare Society (CWS) and in collaboration with the Institute for Human Rights and Development (IHRDA).
Following the judgment, we worked with partners locally engaging with key government actors to explain the court decision and ensure it translated into action, including a commitment to address the root causes of teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone.
Watch Equality Now and our partner’s long journey to help lift the ban in Sierra Leone so that girls can enjoy their right to education and freedom from sexual violence.
Learn more: bit.ly/41hMuuw
