NGOs urge Rwanda govt to give condoms to students

Students at a public function. Teenage pregnancies in Rwanda have been blamed on lack of information about sex. FILE PHOTO | DANIEL S NTWALI | Early pregnancies

Young people should be allowed to have access to facilities that promote safe sex if sex education is to have any impact on the rise in teenage pregnancies in Rwanda, local health advocacy groups have said.

Early pregnancies in the country have been blamed on lack of information about sex. A comprehensive sexual education programme was introduced into the school curriculum by the government early this year.