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May 18, 2016

'I want to feel free like the boys'

Yuwa is an organization that works to empower girls by combatting child marriage, illiteracy and human trafficking in Jharkhand, India — a state where six out of 10 girls drop out of school and become child brides. This video from 2013 is a speech to a TEDx gathering by one teenage girl who was part of the Yuwa-led football team for girls. For more information on Yuwa, click here

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