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http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/BurkinaFaso_Girls.pdf

 

Website Link: http://www.phishare.org/documents/PopCouncil/5275

Girls' Adolescence in Burkina Faso: A Pivot Point for Social Change

Author: Martha Brady, Lydia Saloucou, and Erica Chong 

InfoShare Partner: Population Council

Publication Date: September 2007

Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper

Topics: Adolescents/youth, Gender

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa

Language: English

 

Number of Pages: 32

 

As closer attention is paid to the lives of adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, girls are found to be clearly disadvantaged, compared with their male counterparts. In Burkina Faso 74 percent of girls aged 15-19 cannot read (INSD and ORC Macro 2004). Burkinabé girls are frequently married at a young age, and more than one-third of married girls find themselves in polygamous unions as second or third wives, married to much older men. Understanding and recognizing girls' realities is an important first step in planning appropriate and meaningful interventions for them. Girls who are unmarried, "promised," engaged, or married face different constraints and merit different program approaches. This report aims to fill gaps in our knowledge regarding adolescent Burkinabé girls so as better serve the needs of this most vulnerable population.





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