Ivory Coast: Keeping young mothers in school
04 February 2021 |
3:35 pm
School enrollment rate for young girls is improving in Côte d'Ivoire, however, teenage pregnancies remain a problem. School girls who become pregnant often have to stop school to care for their children.
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