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Forced to leave school and marry a man twice her age: The impacts of drought in Ethiopia

Posted by Guest Author · July 11, 2022

The story of 13-year-old Enat, who was forced to leave school and marry a stranger to help her family cope with the drought in Ethiopia.

Hands being held, the hand on the left is that of a man and the one on the right of a girl. The girl is wearing a green beaded bracelet. The photo is cropped till the forearms, the background is that of a blue tarp.

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In time of drought, Somali families forced to separate to survive

Posted by UNICEF · January 5, 2017

Khadija Muuse, 70, is among tens of thousands of Somalis displaced by drought. The men in her family have all left for towns and cities in search of work, leaving her and other women and children behind. Rabaable village, near Garowe, Puntland.

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Forced to leave school and marry a man twice her age: The impacts of drought in Ethiopia

Children in crisis

In time of drought, Somali families forced to separate to survive