Crisis in the Sahel: Adolescent Girls Struggle in Mali and Niger

Author:
PlanWestAfrica
Publisher:
PlanWestAfrica
Publication Date:
17 January 2014
Tags:
Food and Agriculture, Nutrition, Conflict, Peace and Security, Human Rights, Women and Gender, Education, Children and Youth

Adolescent girls are often the first victims in crisis situations, and the last to receive help afterwards. Plan recognises this and is making an effort to address the needs of victims of last year's conflict in Mali, as well as in Niger, where adolescent girls are often taken from school and married off to help their families during times of drought and food shortage.

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