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Eight authors have visited eight different countries and spoken to young women and girls about their lives, struggles and hopes. The result is an extraordinary collection of writings about prejudice, abuse, and neglect, but also about courage, resilience and changing attitudes.
Proceeds from sales of this book will go to PLAN, one of the world's largest child-centered community development organisations.
Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer from malnutrition
Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer violence in the home
Because I am a girl I am more likely to marry and start a family before I reach my twenties.
Eight authors have visited eight different countries and spoken to young women and girls about their lives, struggles and hopes. The result is an extraordinary collection of writings about prejudice, abuse, and neglect, but also about courage, resilience and changing attitudes.
Proceeds from sales of this book will go to PLAN, one of the world's largest child-centered community development organisations.
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"Edgy and bold...not your standard do-good, feel-good collection at all" (Boyd Tonkin Independent)
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SEVEN AUTHORS, SEVEN COUNTRIES, SEVEN UNFORGETTABLE STORIES
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0099535920
- ISBN 13 9780099535928
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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