 A look at teenage mothers in London and Ouagadougou
Edwige Sorgho was born and raised in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa. In Ouagadougou many teenage girls become mothers, but having a child so young brings shame upon the girls' families. When Edwige came to London three years ago, she was stunned to find that there were teenage girls having children, leaving school to be single mothers. She compares the experiences of teenage mothers in her home city of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and in London in the UK.
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