Burkina Faso : Early marriage

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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, and her grandmother Aissatou in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou (left), 14, her mother Fatoumata Diallo (center) and her grandmother Aissatou Hawa in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of P?t?guers?, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, sits in a classroom at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, sits in a classroom at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, sits in a classroom at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, sits in a classroom at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, sits in a classroom at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, attends class at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, attends class at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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