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NIGER: Small Steps Towards A Sustainable Future
IRIN reported on 26 August that by promoting education for all, UNFPA hopes to reduce instances of early marriage in Niger. “Education could most often break the cycle of early marriage”, said UNFPA’s deputy in Niamey, Saidou Kabore. “Girls will not marry while studying. And then, the more a woman is educated, the fewer children she will generally have.” By 2015, the country aims to reduce the proportion of early marriages from 60 to 40 per cent and the number of children per woman to five. Some 18 per cent of its sexually active population should be using contraception by then. Read: IRIN