Majorities endorse teaching sexuality education and keeping pregnant girls in school.
Ousmane Z. Traoré and Fatoumata Binta Sow
7 Sep 2026
Key Findings:
Only a minority of Malians believe that girls and women should be able to decide for themselves whether and when to marry (35%), as well as the number of children they wish to have and when to have them (27%).
… Majorities of Malians say abortion is “never justified” in cases where the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest (59%), the woman is financially unable to care for a child (75%), or the pregnancy is unwanted for whatever reason (73%).