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As many as half of Ethiopias girls become wives before becoming adults. But Ethiopia is also a place where lasting solutions to child marriage are starting to make a difference.

Helene D. Gayle

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Helene D. Gayle
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 16
Pediatrician
Buffalo
New York
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