Improved nutrition targeted at young women can reduce poverty. But it's not enough to look at improving what they eat. We must also focus on guaranteeing respect for their rights and those of future generations.
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| Younger Girl serving herself plate of fruits |
In order to prevent malnutrition from being passed to the next generation, we need to improve the nutritional status of adolescent girls.
This cannot be done through better nutrition alone, but can be achieved by working in areas such as education, water, sanitation and hygiene, increasing young women's access to resources and empowering their economic independence in order to delay marriage and pregnancy.
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