July 21, 2005

Free tuition for virgins

A Parliamentarian in Uganda has thought of a different way to fight AIDS. Reuters reported Wednesday morning that Bbaale County MP Sulaiman Madada has offered to pay the university tuition of any girl from his district if she remains a virgin when she leaves school. Each girl wishing to have her fees paid must submit to a gynelogical exam to prove she is a virgin.
You cannot prove that a woman is a virgin.
HIV/AIDS is a huge problem for women in Uganda, but trading virginity for tuition is not going to end it. A combination of encouraging abstinence or safe sex, condom distribution, and open discussion of HIV/AIDS has contributed (and surely will continue to contribute) to a decrease in HIV/AIDS cases in Uganda.

LINKS:
Reuters: "A good reason to be a virgin..."
HIV & AIDS in Uganda

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