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Teenage mothers, including Rhoda (name changed), wait with other young women at Wadzanayi Clinic in Shamva District, where many adolescents access maternal and reproductive health services.
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How Gold Is Fueling a Teenage Pregnancy Crisis in Shamva

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere, recently in Shamva When Rhoda (not her real name) fell in love with a 19-year-old artisanal miner at the age of 15, she believed she had found a future. Instead, she dropped out of school, became pregnant and was abandoned before her baby was born. Today, at just 17, she is raising

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