BARN: Girl Power! Nr 4, 2010

The theme for this issue of Save the Children Sweden’s quarterly magazine ’Barn’ is life as a woman. Child marriage, education, health, sexual violence, and rights are explored in a range of countries, from Norway to Afghanistan.

9,000 women in Ethiopia suffer from obstetric fistula every year, which is considered to be a disease of poverty. A new fistula clinic fights to heal and rehabilitate those women who suffer.

Boys and girls discuss serious societal issues in a children’s club in Ethiopia.

Seven teenagers from around the world share the best and worst about being a girl.