Due to the Corona epidemic, Zimbabwe and other South African countries have seen a huge increase in pregnancies of underage girls. Virginia is also one of those girls. Zimbabwe has long been plagued by pregnancies of underage girls and child marriages.

Even before the same corona hit, one in every three girls in India was married before the age of 18. There are many reasons for this, such as girls getting pregnant, lack of strict laws on child marriage, poverty, cultural and religious practices. The corona epidemic has worsened the situation. The country with a population of 1.5 crores had a severe lockdown in March 2020 and intermittent relaxation. The lockdown had a very bad effect on the girls. They were not given birth control pills and hospital facilities.

The same activists and officials say that many girls were sexually abused or considered marriage and pregnancy as a way to get out of poverty. In view of the increasing number of young girls in the country, the Government of Zimbabwe changed its law in August 2020 and allowed pregnant girls to come to school. Activists and officials praised the move and saw it as a hope. But this new policy has completely failed. Pregnant girls are not coming back to school despite changes in the law. Girls are not able to go back to school due to many reasons like lack of money, social practices, harassment in class. The impact of the same corona epidemic was seen a lot here, which is being more common lying in statistics.

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