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Giving girls a voice

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Adolescent Girls, Child Marriage, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

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Huffington Post

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02 November 2012

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Global Director of Girls’ Education at Room to Read, Emily Leys writes about the importance of education in preventing child marriage. Cites ICRW research on adolescent maternal mortality.

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