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Global interfaith launch initiative to protect Kilifi girls against early marriage

16-year-old girl who sought refuge at the Kajiado county commissioner's office after running away from a 45-year-old man who had forcibly married her forcing her to abandon school. [Courtesy]

An interfaith organisation has pledged to fight harmful social and gender norms in a bold step towards transforming the lives of adolescent girls and young women in Kilifi County.

The Faith to Action Network has already announced the start of the construction of an interfaith adolescent girls' health hub project at Pwani University to combat the social ills.

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