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Sunita Dharavath
Age: 23
Home: Devarkonda, Andhra Pradesh, south India
Sunita Dharavath was forced to marry when she was 13. She fled her alcoholic husband and ended up in a women’s shelter. Now she teaches young girls from poor families at the Bridge School in Andhra Pradesh, south India.
Filed in: Asia, Women

India, early marriage and girls’ education

In very poor parts of India, girls can be seen as an economic burden on the family
They are often given up for adoption, married off or sent out to work
Girls who want to attend school frequently face stiff opposition from their own families and communities
190 million females in India are non-literate despite a spurt in female literacy in the 1990s

Filed in: Asia, Women

India

India
population: 1.07 billion
male illiteracy rate: 27%
female illiteracy rate: 52%