More focus now needs to be placed on supporting adolescents, who are the fastest growing population group in Mozambique; an estimated 45 per cent of the population is under 15 years of age and 52 per cent below 18 years. The population group has some disturbing indicators. For example, almost one in two girls were reported to be married or in a union before reaching 18 years of age. Child marriage is a human rights violation that denies millions of girls their childhood and puts them at risk of early pregnancy, violence, abuse and neglect.
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Social Taboo. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who delivered his seventh consecutive Independence Day speech from the iconic Red Fort in Delhi this morning, spoke about his government's efforts for women empowerment. As he made a mention of sanitary pads many on social media praised him for moving a step forward in breaking taboo against mentruation. Girls in rural villages will get free sanitary pads to stop them skipping school during their periods as a result of social taboos around menstruation, a Bangladesh minister said Monday.
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