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ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, Feb 1, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Tanzania's predominantly Muslim island of Zanzibar, bowing to women's groups, has scrapped an old law banning pregnant girls from attending schools.
The 30-year-old law, applicable to the country's semi-autonomous islands, had required girls under 18 who became pregnant to drop out of school and never return.
The women's groups had been fighting the law saying it infringed on the girls' human rights, the BBC reports.
Following elections last October, 30 percent of the MPs are women, while the cabinet has four women ministers, the report said.
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