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The Girl Effect - Straight Talk 4 Women

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On behalf of the Girl Effect project, this post is written for all the girls throughout the world who have been kept down by men, women, nations and our world. Young girls, throughout our world, are crying for our help. They’re begging for our help. Their bodies are being sold, beaten and raped. These girls have no say. Young girls are being forced to marry men twice -- even three times -- their age. Some girls are only eight years old when they are given to an older man as a wife. He rapes this

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Tags: Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse, Men's Health, Women's Health

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