It is one of the biggest ironies for girls like these: the need for education forces them into sex, but in the vast majority of cases pregnancy will end their schooling altogether.
So I was just going with the strategy of distracting him.
And I was like, Okay, but if you had to pick just one book that you've read that you really liked.
He disappeared, leaving her dreams of a brighter future in tatters.
For girls, genitals, and the things they do remember hiding that tampon up your sleeve as you snuck out to the bathroom during class are a secret.
It forces some of the most vulnerable, like Aminata, to make an exchange no young girl should ever have to make: sex in return for education.