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Schools Act as Havens for Girls Fleeing FGM, Marriage in Uganda

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Gertrude had barely hit puberty when her father agreed to marry her to an older man in exchange for 30 cows so she did something unusual in her Ugandan tribe - she ran away to school. An aunt came after her and convinced her to return home but the 12-year-old was beaten and locked in a hut for three days by the rejected husband so she escaped and fled again, taking refuge in a school in Uganda's northeastern Karamoja region. "I'm very scared, I cannot even go out of...

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