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From: sea_urchin	7/20/2005 9:07:59 AM
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Virgins given incentives to further education. This won't go down well in South Africa where all we hear about is when the government is "rolling out" the antiretrovirals. iol.co.za >>A Ugandan member of parliament has pledged to reward girls for their chastity by paying their university fees if they are virgins when they leave school, a local newspaper said on Wednesday. Bbaale County MP Sulaiman Madada said any girl in his district who wanted to take part in the scheme aimed at promoting girls' education would be given a gynaecological examination by health workers to check they were virgins. "The criterion is that a student must be a virgin and from Kayunga district," he told the state-owned New Vision. The MP did not extend his offer to young men. He urged pupils to manage their lives responsibly, and called on parents to explain the threats from HIV and Aids and other sexually transmitted diseases. "Our children should be told the risks they face if involved in early and unprotected sex," Madada said.<<

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