Across Women's Lives

The archbishop of the Church of Uganda has broken with tradition to publicly urge women to use birth control to avoid getting pregnant during the pandemic.Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, who was enthroned as archbishop on March 1, put the onus on women to prevent unwanted pregnancies. “I am really concerned [that] after [this] coronavirus situation, we will have many, many women who will be pregnant. Actually, we need to be careful. I want to call upon you women — don’t forget to use your contraceptives because we don’t want [you] to have unwanted pregnancies,” Kazimba said. “These guys are there; they are eating and doing things [having sex]. Be careful because these men, they don’t care. You women [must] be careful.”Related: South Korea reels from latest high-tech, online sex trafficking caseUganda has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in East Africa and sex education and access to contraceptives is limited.The World's Marco Werman spoke with Primah Kwagala, a human rights lawyer in Uganda who focuses on the