Thursday, 12 May 2016

Sierra Leone’s Girls in the Aftermath of Ebola (CFR)

Mariam Jallo, 11, (L), who wants to become an office worker, Bintu Kamara, 6, (C) who would like to become a lawyer, and Binta Jallo, 5, who wants to become a businesswoman, pose for a portrait in Koidu, eastern Sierra Leone, April 21, 2012. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

It has been nearly two years since Sierra Leone reported its first death caused by Ebola. The outbreak quickly accelerated across the country, ultimately killing 4,000 people and disrupting the country’s already fragile infrastructure. During the outbreak, Sierra Leone experienced a dramatic rise in the number of teen pregnancies, in large part due to a surge in sexual violence

http://blogs.cfr.org/women-around-the-world/2016/05/11/sierra-leones-girls-in-the-aftermath-of-ebola/

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