Chandraseker Shahi, 17, sings a self-written song against child marriage while Sarawati Regmi (white, age 11) dances to it at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Sarawati Regmi is Pandit Dharma Raj Regmi's daughter and has ambitions to run an NGO. These Child Clubs, supported by the government, Save the Children and their local partner NGO Safer Society, advocate for child rights and against child marriages and use peer support and education to end child marriages and raise awareness. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK

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