"Every day they walked in the health facility, they were very young girls carrying babies, and I would think they are their sisters but they were their children. Sometimes they would invite me to their weddings yet they are young girls. Anytime I saw the young girls I knew they were at risk. Sometimes I would ambush their weddings and rescue them."
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Kenyan nursesKenyan women's rights activistsPeople from Samburu CountyActivists against female genital mutilationKenyan health activists
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Rescuing girls as young as 9 from forced marriage,Published October 9, 2015, JUDIE KABERIA
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