I want to study with all my heart: Unpacking reasons for girls' school drop-out in West Nile, Uganda

From 2013 to 2014 ICRW and the Forum for African Women Educationalists Uganda (FAWEU) partnered to answer several questions about girls’ education in two districts in the West Nile sub-region of Northwestern Uganda: What percentage of adolescent girls (14-18) have dropped out of school? How much of girls’ drop-out could be explained by pregnancy? To what extent are gendered social norms and the effects of conflict influencing pregnancy and drop-out? The purpose of answering these questions is to develop more effective programs and policies to keep girls in school, and to help girls who have dropped out of school to return and complete their educations.