Tag: poverty

at risk

.Reading time 14 minutes.

spreading like spores

forbidden words project

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gratitude and stringbeans

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October 2012 seems like it was so long ago. I had recently signed a lease in Phoenix, and immediately knew I made a big mistake moving there. I was driving up to Flagstaff once a week to go to work at the university. I had no place to stay in Flag, so I was sleeping on the floor […]

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Chattel of Love

.Reading time 2 minutes.

Girl Facts
One girl in seven in developing countries marries before age 15.

38 percent marry before age 18.

One-quarter to one-half of girls in developing countries become mothers before age 18; 14 million girls aged 15 to 19 give birth in developing countries each year.

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