With more girls pregnant, Zimbabwe pushes for a return to school

Virginia Mavhunga, a 13-year-old teenage mother, dropped out of school after falling pregnant and became the subject of gossip and consternation in her community. Photos: AP

Inside a sparsely furnished two-room home in rural Zimbabwe, a three-month-old baby cries. His mother, Virginia Mavhunga, spends her days making trips to the well with a bucket on her head, selling fruits and vegetables at the roadside, cooking, cleaning, washing clothes – she has too much on her hands to offer her child, Tawananyasha, much comfort.

“That’s my life now, every day,” the new mother said.