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Leaders launch campaign to protect girls

Opposition leader's wife Ida Odinga and other female leaders from Nyanza speak at Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay town. [James Omoro, Standard]

Alarmed by the soaring numbers of pregnant schoolgirls, female leaders and professionals have embarked on an initiative to fight the triple threat in four Nyanza counties.

They expressed concern about rising new HIV infections, teen pregnancies and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV).

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