The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern that the girl child faces several challenges that deny them their rights, restrict their choices and limit their future.
Celine Lafoucriere, UNICEF’s Chief of the Field Office for South-West Nigeria, explained that while one in every five women between the ages of 20 and 24 marry as children, up to 75 percent of new HIV infections are among adolescent girls.
Lafoucriere stated this in a statement made available to…
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