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World Service,3 mins

'Hands Off Our Girls' campaign kicks off in Sierra Leone

Focus on Africa

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Sierra Leone's First Lady, Fatima Bio, has opened an international meeting in Freetown to combat issues of child marriage and gender violence affecting young girls and women. First ladies from Ghana, Liberia, Chad, Niger and The Gambia are also participating. Mrs Bio says that traditional healers are part of the problem and the meeting will seek a dialogue with them too. (Image Credit: ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)

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