Uganda: Where pregnant girls were sent to die - BBC Stories
Unmarried girls who got pregnant used to be seen as bringing shame to their families in parts of Uganda, so they were taken to a tiny island and left to die. When Mauda Kyitaragabirwe got pregnant in pre-independence Uganda, her parents sent her to Punishment Island, with the expectation she would die there. She was saved and is the only known survivor who escaped the island.