Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns
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Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns

It’s estimated that more than 100 million girls under the age of 18 will be married in the next decade.

But in Ethiopia a scheme involving solar lamps is helping thousands of girls stay in school longer and avoid marriage until they are adults.

A film by Ruth Evans, Lily Freeston and Hadra Ahmed for People Fixing the World.

  • 24 Jul 2019
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