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Poverty, Health Practices Deny Education to Young Women

Across Africa, young women are missing out on an education. A recent study in Zimbabwe found that a third of all primary school aged-girls and 67 percent of all secondary school-aged girls were denied an education because of poverty, abuse and cultural practices.
Angela Stuesse

Some of the lowest health and education levels in the world are found in Equatorial Guinea.

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