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mustbe HERCHOICE | Adele (22) is chairman of the youth club in Lahotan (Benin)

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Adele (22) is chairman of the youth club in Lahotan (Benin) and tells what happens when a girl becomes pregnant unplanned: “If your parents hear that you are pregnant in the morning, you will be out on the street in the evening. Because of the taboo on unmarried mothers, pregnant girls have no other option than to marry the father of the baby. ”A 'must', therefore. And that is a problem.

Because pregnant or married girls quit school. “Last year there were sixteen pregnant girls at our school. Most have quit school because there is no one who can look after their babies. Sometimes a teenage mother comes back, but that is the exception. A very smart girl tried it after her pregnancy, but she fell asleep in class all the time and didn't come along with the rest anymore,” said the young people of Lahotan.

Within the Her Choice programme The Hunger Project Nederland makes a case for broad sexual education and the prevention of unplanned teenage pregnancies. #mustbeherchoice #endchildmarriage


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