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What is Child Marriage?

17-year-old Cherifatou* saw her father, uncle and brother killed when her village in Niger's Tillabéri region was attacked in the night by gunmen. After their deaths, her mother wanted marry her daughter to an older man. "I had become a burden for her. Another mouth to feed. I refused to give in, I refused to get married,” Cherifatou says. After attending a gender based violence awareness raising session run by Plan International, Cherifatou decided to ask the project facilitators for their help to prevent her mother from marrying her off. "They helped me a lot. Together we identified my needs and developed a business plan. I received the sum of 86,000 FCFA (130 Euro) to buy a sewing machine so I could attend training sessions with the village tailors for a month.”

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