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Understanding the Barriers to Girls’ School Return: Girls’ Voices from the Frontline of the COVID-19 Pandemic in East Africa
This study examines the pandemic-related experiences of 382 vulnerable adolescent girls in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania who were school-enrolled prior to the COVID-19 closures. Participants largely came from rural communities, living in the catchment areas of the AMPLIFY Girls community-driven organizations (CDOs) who collaborated on this study. Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) were conducted with girls who had already or who were planning to return to school, and In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) were conducted with girls who had dropped out during the pandemic. Approximately 56% of the 108 girls...
This study examines the pandemic-related experiences of 382 vulnerable adolescent girls in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania who were school-enrolled prior to the COVID-19 closures. Participants largely came from rural communities, living in the catchment areas of the AMPLIFY Girls community-driven organizations (CDOs) who collaborated on this study. Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) were conducted with girls who had already or who were planning to return to school, and In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) were conducted with girls who had dropped out during the pandemic. Approximately 56% of the 108 girls who had dropped out of school were currently or recently pregnant, and approximately 30% of girls who said they were planning to return to school also reported being pregnant.