A university in Uganda has withdrawn a requirement for female nursing and midwifery students to take a pregnancy test before sitting for their exams, after facing a backlash.
Kampala International University issued a notice on Tuesday stating: “This is to inform all female nurses and midwives that you are supposed to go to KIU-TH for a pregnancy test at a fee of 5000 UGX paid to hospital accounts office.” It added: “Failure to do so, you will not sit for UNMEB exams.” The fee of 5,000 Ugandan shillings is about $1.33.
” Women’s rights organization FIDA Uganda posted a photo of a letter it sent to the private university, reminding the institution that Article 33 of the country’s 1995 Constitution “grants protection of women and their rights, taking into account their unique status and natural maternal functions in society and this same article further prohibits discrimination of women and guarantees their full and equal dignity of the person with men.” On Thursday, the university reversed its policy.
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