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  • Sadma Khan (in purple), 19, stands with her immediate family for a family portrait at the door of her shared house in her mother's (in orange) extended family's compound in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby (in red) and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nitu and Suki (in pink) (not their real names), stand for a portrait with their family in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 18, Nitu was married off at age 10 to a boy of around the same age, but only went to live with her in-laws when she was 12, after she had finished studying up to class 6. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. She was abused by her young husband and in-laws so her father took her back after hearing that her husband, who works in a brick kiln, was an alcoholic and was doing drugs and crime. She had only spent a few days at her husband's house at that time. Her father (now out of the hospital) has said that she will only be allowed to return to her husband's house if he changes his ways but so far, the negotiations are still underway. Her sister, Suki, now age 20, was married off at age 12 but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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  • Seema Gupta (aged 34, far left) and Ramesh Chandra Gupta (38) pose for a family portrait in their shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta, wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Nitu and Suki (in pink) (not their real names), stand for a portrait with their family in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 18, Nitu was married off at age 10 to a boy of around the same age, but only went to live with her in-laws when she was 12, after she had finished studying up to class 6. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. She was abused by her young husband and in-laws so her father took her back after hearing that her husband, who works in a brick kiln, was an alcoholic and was doing drugs and crime. She had only spent a few days at her husband's house at that time. Her father (now out of the hospital) has said that she will only be allowed to return to her husband's house if he changes his ways but so far, the negotiations are still underway. Her sister, Suki, now age 20, was married off at age 12 but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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  • Seema Gupta (aged 34, far left) and Ramesh Chandra Gupta (38) pose for a family portrait in their shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta, wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Villagers and 14 year old Tulasa Khadka's husband's extended family at home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped at 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1 kg a week ago. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, breastfeeds her youngest of 4 children while she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) in her house in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Nitu and Suki's (not their real names) father stands with his camel in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 18, Nitu was married off at age 10 to a boy of around the same age, but only went to live with her in-laws when she was 12, after she had finished studying up to class 6. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. She was abused by her young husband and in-laws so her father took her back after hearing that her husband, who works in a brick kiln, was an alcoholic and was doing drugs and crime. She had only spent a few days at her husband's house at that time. Her father (now out of the hospital) has said that she will only be allowed to return to her husband's house if he changes his ways but so far, the negotiations are still underway. Her sister, Suki, now age 20, was married off at age 12 but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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  • Nitu and Suki (in pink) (not their real names), stand with their parents and Suki's son in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 18, Nitu was married off at age 10 to a boy of around the same age, but only went to live with her in-laws when she was 12, after she had finished studying up to class 6. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. She was abused by her young husband and in-laws so her father took her back after hearing that her husband, who works in a brick kiln, was an alcoholic and was doing drugs and crime. She had only spent a few days at her husband's house at that time. Her father (now out of the hospital) has said that she will only be allowed to return to her husband's house if he changes his ways but so far, the negotiations are still underway. Her sister, Suki, now age 20, was married off at age 12 but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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  • Bhawani Regmi (grey/pink), 16, talks about child marriage and the importance of family planning at a club meeting at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Bhawani's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. These Child Clubs, supported by the government, Save the Children and their local partner NGO Safer Society, advocate for child rights and against child marriages and use peer support and education to end child marriages and raise awareness. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Bhawani Regmi (grey/pink), 16, speaks of child marriage, family planning and pregnancy health at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Bhawani's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. These Child Clubs, supported by the government, Save the Children and their local partner NGO Safer Society, advocate for child rights and against child marriages and use peer support and education to end child marriages and raise awareness. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Chandraseker Shahi, 17, talks about child marriages and the importance of family planning at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. These Child Clubs, supported by the government, Save the Children and their local partner NGO Safer Society, advocate for child rights and against child marriages and use peer support and education to end child marriages and raise awareness. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Save the Children UK's Global Director of Media, Ishbel Matheson stands amongst 14 year old Tulasa Khadka's family in their home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped at 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1 kg a week ago. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Chandraseker Shahi, 17, talks about child marriages and the importance of family planning at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. These Child Clubs, supported by the government, Save the Children and their local partner NGO Safer Society, advocate for child rights and against child marriages and use peer support and education to end child marriages and raise awareness. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Three Hindu pandit (religious holy men) who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages (L-R) Dharma Raj Regmi (57), Narain Prasad Sharma (57), and Tulasi Prasad Sharma (47), at the Shiva Temple in Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Narain says that people are afraid of talking marrying their underaged children in front of them because of their strong stance against it. Tulasi Prasad was Tulasa Khadka's school teacher and was so much against Khadka's decision to get married at 13 that he was estranged from the family. Dharma has 3 daughters, all active in the local and district level Child Clubs, supported by Save the Children and their local partner NGO Safer Society, that advocates for child rights and against child marriages. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Three Hindu pandit (religious holy men) who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages (L-R) Dharma Raj Regmi (57), Narain Prasad Sharma (57), and Tulasi Prasad Sharma (47), at the Shiva Temple in Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Narain says that people are afraid of talking marrying their underaged children in front of them because of their strong stance against it. Tulasi Prasad was Tulasa Khadka's school teacher and was so much against Khadka's decision to get married at 13 that he was estranged from the family. Dharma has 3 daughters, all active in the local and district level Child Clubs, supported by Save the Children and their local partner NGO Safer Society, that advocates for child rights and against child marriages. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • An overview of 14 year old Tulasa Khadka's family home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped at 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1 kg a week ago. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • An overview of 14 year old Tulasa Khadka's family home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped at 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1 kg a week ago. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • An overview of 14 year old Tulasa Khadka's family home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped at 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1 kg a week ago. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Villagers and 14 year old Tulasa Khadka's husband's extended family at home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped at 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1 kg a week ago. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Villagers and 14 year old Tulasa Khadka's husband's extended family at home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped at 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1 kg a week ago. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home with her husband's extended family in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home with her husband's extended family in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home with her husband's extended family in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home with her husband's extended family in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home with her husband's extended family in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home with her husband's extended family in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Villagers and 14 year old Tulasa Khadka's husband's extended family at home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped at 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1 kg a week ago. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pahari Tharu, 52, a female community health worker, holds some of her midwifery equipment as she speaks of family planning and pregnancy health to a group of teenaged mothers and child brides in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pahari Tharu, 52, a female community health worker, holds some of her midwifery equipment as she speaks of family planning and pregnancy health to a group of teenaged mothers and child brides in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General shots as a group of teenaged mothers and child brides gather to listen to a female community health worker speak of family planning and pregnancy health in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pahari Tharu (center in red/blue), 52, a female community health worker, speaks of family planning and pregnancy health to a group of teenaged mothers and child brides in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • A young girl stands by as Pahari Tharu (center in red/blue), 52, a female community health worker, speaks of family planning and pregnancy health to a group of teenaged mothers and child brides in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. It is not uncommon to find child brides of this girl's age in Nepal. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • A young girl smiles at the camera as a group of teenaged mothers and child brides gather to listen to a female community health worker speak of family planning and pregnancy health in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. In Nepal, some girls not much older than this girl is married off as dowry payments for young girls are much less than older ones. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) as her 4 children aged 10, 7, 4, and 1.5 years, play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) as her 4 children aged 10, 7, 4, and 1.5 years, play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) as her eldest daughter of 4 children aged 10, 7, 4, and 1.5 years, stands nearby in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, poses for a portrait without her 4 children aged 10, 7, 4, and 1.5 years, in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) as her 4 children aged 10, 7, 4, and 1.5 years, play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, breastfeeds her youngest of 4 children while she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) in her house in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) as her the youngest of her 4 children (aged 10, 7, 4, and 1 and a half years), play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) as her youngest of 4 children aged 10, 7, 4, and 1.5 years, hangs on to her in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) as her daughter helps to clean up the tobacco leaves and her youngest son, 1 and a half years,  plays near her in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa (center, in blue), 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) with other village women as her children play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Two of Nafeesa's (unseen, 27) four children in her house in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa (center, in blue), 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) with other village women as her children play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, tends to her children in her house in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her four children's healths. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, tends to her 4 children in her house in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, tends to her 4 children in her house in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa (center, in blue), 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) with other village women as her children play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa (center, in blue), 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) with other village women as her children play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa (center, in blue), 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) with other village women as her children play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa (center, in blue), 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) with other village women as her children play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, tends to one of her 4 children while rolling bidis (indian cigarettes) in her house in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, poses for a portrait with her 4 children aged 10, 7, 4, and 1.5 years, in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa (center, in blue), 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) with other village women as her 4 children aged 10, 7, 4, and 1 and a half years, play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, takes a break from rolling bidis (indian cigarettes) in her house in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa (left, in blue), 27, tends to her 4 children in her house in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa (right, in blue), 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) with other village women as her children play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa (center, in blue), 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) with other village women as her children play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, poses for a portrait with her 4 children aged 10, 7, 4, and 1and a half years, in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nafeesa, 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) in her house in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan (in purple), 19, poses for a portrait with her child and mother (in orange) at the door of her shared house in her mother's extended family's compound in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby (in red) and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan (left), 19, rests at home with her family in her mother's (right) one-room house that she shares with her siblings in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan (left, in purple), 19, rests with her 18 month old toddler (center), at home with her immediate family in her mother's one-room house in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan, 19, sits with her 18 month old son as he eats some snacks in her mother's one-room house which she shares with 5 other family members in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan, 19, looks through a cabinet in her mother's one-room house they share with her entire immediate family in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan, 19, plays with her 18 month old son in her mother's one-room house which she shares with 5 other family members in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan, 19, plays with her 18 month old son in her mother's one-room house which she shares with 5 other family members in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan, 19, plays with Lucky, a pet parakeet, in her mother's one-room house which she shares with 5 other family members in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan, 19, plays with Lucky, a pet parakeet, in her mother's one-room house which she shares with 5 other family members in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan, 19, plays with Lucky, a pet parakeet, in her mother's one-room house which she shares with 5 other family members in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan, 19, plays with Lucky, a pet parakeet, in her mother's one-room house which she shares with 5 other family members in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby (in red) and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan (in purple), 19, poses with her 18 month old baby for a portrait at the door of her mother's house which she shares with all her immediate family in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby (in red) and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan, 19, breastfeeds her 18 month old child in her mother's one-room house she shares with the rest of her immediate family in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • An overview of the family's shared compound as Sadma Khan's maternal aunt makes lunch in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan (in purple), 19, makes lunch in the shared compound of her mother's (in orange) extended family's house in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby (in red) and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan (in purple), 19, makes lunch as her 18 month old son plays by her side in the shared compound of her mother's (in orange) extended family's house in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan (extreme left, in purple), 19, makes lunch in the shared compound of her mother's (in orange) extended family's house in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby (in red) and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan, 19, sits at the entrance to her shared single-room house in the shared compound of her mother's extended family's house in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan's relatives wash crockery in the common washing area of her mother's extended family's  shared housing compound in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Sadma, now 19, was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sadma Khan (in purple), 19, makes lunch while her 18 month old son stands at her door in the shared compound of her mother's extended family's house in a slum area of Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. She was married at 17 years old to Waseem Khan, also underaged at the time of their wedding. The couple have an 18 month old baby and Sadma is now 3 months pregnant with her 2nd child and plans to use contraceptives after this pregnancy. She lives with her mother since Waseem works in another district and she can't take care of her children on her own. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits for a portrait in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits for a portrait in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family is a happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28, right) and her brother-in-law's wife Monika Devi (22, background) in their house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28, right) and her brother-in-law's wife Monika Devi (22, left) sit in their house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28, left) and her brother-in-law's wife Monika Devi (22, right) stand in their house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Ramesh Chandra Gupta (aged 38, left) poses for a portrait outside his shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. His wife, Seema Gupta (aged 34) had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while they weren't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Seema Gupta (aged 34, foreground) poses for a portrait while her sons play in the room in her shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta (38), wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Seema Gupta (aged 34, foreground) poses for a portrait while her sons play in the room in her shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta (38), wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Seema Gupta's children aged 8 and 10 play in their shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta, aged 34 (unseen), had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta, aged 38 (unseen), wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Seema Gupta's children aged 8 and 10 watch television in their shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta, aged 34 (unseen), had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta, aged 38 (unseen), wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • One of Seema Gupta's children plays in their shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta, aged 34 (unseen), had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta, aged 38 (unseen), wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Bhawani Regmi (grey/pink), 16, speaks of child marriage, family planning and pregnancy health at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Bhawani's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. These Child Clubs, supported by the government, Save the Children and their local partner NGO Safer Society, advocate for child rights and against child marriages and use peer support and education to end child marriages and raise awareness. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Three Hindu pandit (religious holy men) who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages (L-R) Dharma Raj Regmi (57), Narain Prasad Sharma (57), and Tulasi Prasad Sharma (47), at the Shiva Temple in Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Narain says that people are afraid of talking marrying their underaged children in front of them because of their strong stance against it. Tulasi Prasad was Tulasa Khadka's school teacher and was so much against Khadka's decision to get married at 13 that he was estranged from the family. Dharma has 3 daughters, all active in the local and district level Child Clubs, supported by Save the Children and their local partner NGO Safer Society, that advocates for child rights and against child marriages. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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