Angola: Poverty and Child Labour Keeping Girls Out of School in Angola

5 December 2018

It's one o'clock in the afternoon when we catch sight of 15-year-old Juliana in the distance, hauling her school bag as she approaches the 4009 school gate in Mulundo, Funda.

As the first born in her family, she carries the burden of responsibility both figuratively and literally. She has been up since 5 o'clock in the morning working on the family farm before then taking some of the produce for sale at the local market dubbed the 'Saturday market.'

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