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crises defining adolescent girls

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                                        photo credit:asiapacific.unwomen.org               CRISES DEFINING ADOLESCENT GIRLS        The sites of insecurity for adolescent girls, as well the ways in which they respond and continue to strive towards building safer communities for themselves and those around them. Adolescent girls experience crisis differently than their male peers and adult women. During a crisis, they are particularly vulnerable to violence and exploitation policy makers and the humanitarian community view adolescent girls as powerless and rarely consult them about decision that impact their lives for example, 60%   of the 13.2 million out of school children in Nigeria are girls.           The 2020 UN Develo...