Leader Weekends: Girls exploited: Sex for water (Let Girls Learn)

In this special ‘Let Girls Learn’ episode, we’re finding out about life for pregnant teenagers in Freetown, Sierra Leone. 

Being a girl here can be tough, they can often be exploited for sex by men and boys offering them ways to jump the extremely long queue for the water pump line, something known locally as ‘water for water’. 

Teenage pregnancy can be common here but the girls are often rejected by their families, making them extremely vulnerable.

The Evening Standard’s Radhika Aligh visits the 2YoungLives project in the capital Freetown to hear how a mentoring scheme is helping young mothers in the community.

In the #LetGirlsLearn series, we’re aiming to shine a light on innovations and solutions that are helping girls to fulfil their right to education and healthy, productive futures around the globe.

You can find out more online at www.standard.co.uk/optimist/let-girls-learn

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