Nepal
Futures on hold: Nepal funding cuts risk early marriage for 300+ girls
Twelve-year-old Radhika Yadav's fears were immediate: Without the UDAAN education program, she and over 300 other girls in Madhesh and Lumbini provinces face the risk of early marriage. The termination of the $329 million aid funding has put millions of girls’ futures in jeopardy across Nepal.
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