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Women in Kenya, trying to surface from the 'cocoons' of discrimination
Apr 9 2007, Pooja

In the past decade, many Kenyan women lived in a world where they were subjected to the pain of female circumcision, ignorance of deadly disease prevention methods and a lack of education. Often forced into arranged marriages, these women were faced with.

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