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    More than half of displaced minors currently lack access to schools

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    An organisation in Ghana is working with a UK charity to help marginalised and vulnerable women and girls

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    Investing in girls and narrowing the gender gap brings a ‘triple benefit’ to society

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    Why I stood up for adolescent girls

    America’s regressive policies on abortion are a calamity for girls’ and women’s rights that the rest of the world must counter

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    A husband or a degree? Indian women’s urban aspirations

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    As the authorities attempt to break the cycle of abuse, victims are finding the courage to speak out

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    The economic argument is compelling: adolescence is the moment to secure a triple benefit for society

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    Tanzania’s enemies of the state: pregnant young women

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    Manchester’s teenage girls determined to break the mould

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