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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits for a portrait in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family is a happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Ajay Singh (right) talks of the importance of family planning with Dr. Meenal Mehta (unseen) as he cares for 2 of his grand children in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While his elder daughter-in-law has had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, his younger daughter-in-law is still pushing for a son after having 2 daughters so far. Ajay has even suggested that his two daughter-in-laws exchange a daughter for a son in order to solve the issue of his younger daughter-in-law's desire for a son. USAID NSV project part time link worker Radhey Shyam (aged 44, top left) listens. Radhey has just received his 'no sperm certificate' today 1.5 months after his NSV. He has 4 children and is very happy about his decision to have an NSV. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, in grey) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, in grey) and his family in their home in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. He now works part time as a link worker under the tutelage of Dr Meenal Mehta (unseen) who works with USAID on the NSV project in Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan has been the star link worker, doing about 5 cases of NSV cases per month since he started. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Seema Gupta (aged 34, foreground) poses for a portrait while her sons play in the room in her shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta (38), wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • One of Seema Gupta's children plays in their shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta, aged 34 (unseen), had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta, aged 38 (unseen), wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Dr. Hari Dutt Nemi, Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) of Muradnagar in his office in the Muradnagar Community Health Centre (CHC) in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Patients and family of patients spend many hours at the waiting area in the compounds of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Hospital, New Delhi, the largest hospital in India, on 18th October 2008 in New Delhi, India. Photo : Suzanne Lee
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  • Patients and family of patients spend many hours at the waiting area in the compounds of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Hospital, New Delhi, the largest hospital in India, on 18th October 2008 in New Delhi, India. Photo : Suzanne Lee
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  • USAID NSV Project head for Ghaziabad Dr Meenal Mehta (left) and part time link worker Jagroshan Sharma (3rd from left) defend themselves after being accused by a villager (lady with face covered) in Shahpurjat Village, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, of duping her husband (unseen) into getting the NSV done for the incentive money of INR 1100 and getting him drunk to steal the money 2 weeks ago. Dr. Meenal suspects that the husband had done it without being referred by a link worker and had spent the money, causing the wife to try to get a second payment by shaming the project. The project often faces such petty politics and issues at the village level. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • USAID NSV Project head for Ghaziabad Dr Meenal Mehta (extreme left) and part time link worker Jagroshan Sharma (4th from left) defend themselves after being accused by a villager (lady with face covered) in Shahpurjat Village, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, of duping her husband (2nd from right) into getting the NSV done for the incentive money of INR 1100 and getting him drunk to steal the money 2 weeks ago. Dr. Meenal suspects that the husband had done it without being referred by a link worker and had spent the money, causing the wife to try to get a second payment by shaming the project. The project often faces such petty politics and issues at the village level. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • A village elder (2nd from left) angrily asks Dr. Mehta why they are only 'approaching Hindus and not the Muslims' about NSV and family planning drives. Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, unseen) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (unseen), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • A shopkeeper (man in blue) is interested in NSV after reading the leaflets. Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, unseen) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (lady in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, unseen) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, in grey) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, in grey) discusses work with Dr. Meenal Mehta (in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, as they wait for a shared rickshaw to leave the village. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, in grey) and his family in their home in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. He now works part time as a link worker under the tutelage of Dr Meenal Mehta (unseen) who works with USAID on the NSV project in Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan has been the star link worker, doing about 5 cases of NSV cases per month since he started. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, in grey) and his family in their home in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. He now works part time as a link worker under the tutelage of Dr Meenal Mehta (unseen) who works with USAID on the NSV project in Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan has been the star link worker, doing about 5 cases of NSV cases per month since he started. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, centre) sits with his family as they speak with Dr. Meenal Mehta in their house in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in  English medium schools despite his modest earnings. He now works part time as a link worker under the tutelage of Dr Meenal Mehta (extreme right) who works with USAID on the NSV project in Uttar Pradesh, India. She is well reputed to be responsible for the increased NSV acceptance in Ghaziabad and Bulandshar districts. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, centre) sits with his family as they speak with Dr. Meenal Mehta in their house in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in  English medium schools despite his modest earnings. He now works part time as a link worker under the tutelage of Dr Meenal Mehta (extreme right) who works with USAID on the NSV project in Uttar Pradesh, India. She is well reputed to be responsible for the increased NSV acceptance in Ghaziabad and Bulandshar districts. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Ramesh Chandra Gupta (aged 38, left) poses for a portrait outside his shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. His wife, Seema Gupta (aged 34) had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while they weren't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Seema Gupta's children aged 8 and 10 play in their shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta, aged 34 (unseen), had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta, aged 38 (unseen), wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Seema Gupta's children aged 8 and 10 watch television in their shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta, aged 34 (unseen), had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta, aged 38 (unseen), wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Dr. Vikasendu Agarwal, the paediatrician of the Muradnagar Community Health Centre (CHC), poses for a portrait in the paediatrics ward of the CHC in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He says that "Bigger incentives should be given to women to have a tubectomy done after 2 children instead of the current plan of giving incentives for every child born institutionally as the in most cases,money goes directly to the household instead of the mother's healthcare defeating the very purpose of this incentive. The growth-rate between different socio-cultural population groups in the region are drastically different due to lack of awareness of the benefits of family planning in certain groups". Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Dr. Shirish Jain, Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Ghaziabad District, sits for a portrait in his office in * Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • (L-R) Dr. Suresh Dwivedi, Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) of the Allahabad District, and Dr. Najmi Rehman, Principal of the Regional Family Planning Training Centre, pose for a portrait together in Dr. Dwivedi's office in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits for a portrait in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28, right) and her brother-in-law's wife Monika Devi (22, background) in their house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28, right) and her brother-in-law's wife Monika Devi (22, left) sit in their house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28, left) and her brother-in-law's wife Monika Devi (22, right) stand in their house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • USAID NSV project part time link worker Radhey Shyam (aged 44, centre) praises the procedure as he shows off his 'no sperm certificate', which he received today, 1.5 months after his NSV (7 June 2011). He has 4 children and is very happy about his decision to have an NSV. He decided to do NSV after being approached by Jagroshan Sharma, another part time link worker who works under the tutelage of Dr. Meenal Mehta of USAID. He did NSV because he didn't want his wife to have to spend 3 months in recuperation after a tubectomy as the household chores will be neglected. He also did it because he was spending a lot of money on condoms. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • USAID NSV project part time link worker Radhey Shyam (aged 44) shows off his 'no sperm certificate', which he received today, 1.5 months after his NSV (7 June 2011). He has 4 children and is very happy about his decision to have an NSV. He decided to do NSV after being approached by Jagroshan Sharma, another part time link worker who works under the tutelage of Dr. Meenal Mehta of USAID. He did NSV because he didn't want his wife to have to spend 3 months in recuperation after a tubectomy as the household chores will be neglected. He also did it because he was spending a lot of money on condoms. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • (Sitting left to right) Part time link workers Radhey Shyam (44) and Jagroshan Sharma (36) speak with their leader Dr. Meenal Mehta (lady in blue), the Project head of the USAID NSV project in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, as they approach random villagers from Shahpurjat village to promote awareness on NSV. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • A shopkeeper (man in blue) is interested in NSV after reading the leaflets. Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, unseen) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (lady in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • A villager (with bicycle) resists the idea of family planning because 'the world will end with a flood in year 2012 and if my children do not survive, I will need to reproduce' when Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, extreme right) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (lady in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, extreme right) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (lady in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Another link worker, Radhey Shyam (aged 44, 2nd from left) looks on. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, 2nd from left) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (unseen), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Another link worker, Radhey Shyam (aged 44, extreme left) looks on. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, background (in grey) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, in grey) and his family in their home in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. He now works part time as a link worker under the tutelage of Dr Meenal Mehta (unseen) who works with USAID on the NSV project in Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan has been the star link worker, doing about 5 cases of NSV cases per month since he started. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, top left) and his family in their home in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. He now works part time as a link worker under the tutelage of Dr Meenal Mehta (unseen) who works with USAID on the NSV project in Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan has been the star link worker, doing about 5 cases of NSV cases per month since he started. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, right) in his room as his child studies in their house in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. He now works part time as a link worker under the tutelage of Dr Meenal Mehta (unseen) who works with USAID on the NSV project in Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan has been the star link worker, doing about 5 cases of NSV cases per month since he started. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Seema Gupta (aged 34, foreground) poses for a portrait while her sons play in the room in her shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta (38), wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Seema Gupta (aged 34, far left) and Ramesh Chandra Gupta (38) pose for a family portrait in their shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta, wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Seema Gupta (aged 34, far left) and Ramesh Chandra Gupta (38) pose for a family portrait in their shophouse in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Seema Gupta had a tubectomy done on 9 June 2011 for family planning while her husband, Ramesh Chandra Gupta, wasn't aware of the option and benefits of non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV). They run a roadside sweets shop at the front of their house and chose to have a family planning surgery done as they did not want to compromise the quality of life for their two children. While Ramesh wanted only 1 child, both his mother and Seema pushed for a 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Dr. Vikasendu Agarwal, the paediatrician of the Muradnagar Community Health Centre (CHC), poses for a portrait in the paediatrics ward of the CHC in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He says that "Bigger incentives should be given to women to have a tubectomy done after 2 children instead of the current plan of giving incentives for every child born institutionally as the in most cases,money goes directly to the household instead of the mother's healthcare defeating the very purpose of this incentive. The growth-rate between different socio-cultural population groups in the region are drastically different due to lack of awareness of the benefits of family planning in certain groups". Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Dr. Sanjay Agarwal, Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Ghaziabad District, sits for a portrait in his office, a barren room furnished only by an empty table and a cabinet, in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Dr. Suresh Dwivedi, Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) of the Allahabad District, poses for a portrait in his office in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Dr. Najmi Rehman, Principal of the Regional Family Planning Training Centre, poses for a portrait in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London.
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28, right) and her brother-in-law's wife Monika Devi (22, 2nd from left) in their house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Shashi Devi (aged 28) sits in her house in the village of Shahpurjat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Shashi had a tubectomy done after having 2 sons, Monika, her brother-in-law's wife, is still trying for a son after having 2 daughters. Shashi did the operation because she wanted to "give her 2 children the best and inflation will make things difficult", and she believes that a "small family = happy family". She has been pushing Monika to get her husband to do an NSV so that Monika's life is not endangered since her previous pregnancies have been complicated. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Children study in a village childcare centre and school (anganwadi) in Shahpurjat village in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. While Ghaziabad, located close to India's capital city, Delhi, has a population of 4,661,452 with a sex ratio of 878 girls against every 1000 boys, and a high literary percentage of 85%, Allahabad, has a population of 5,959,798 and a sex ratio of 902 girls against every 1000 boys and a literacy rate of 74.41%.  Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, background (in grey) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, background (in grey) approaches random villagers from Shahpurjat village with Dr. Meenal Mehta (in blue), who is in charge of the USAID NSV projects in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. After doing NSV himself, he has been a star link worker introducing about 5 NSV cases per month since he started working part time under the tutelage of Dr Mehta. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Jagroshan Sharma (aged 36, in grey) and his family in their home in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan had chosen to do a non-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) for many reasons. He wanted to be an equal partner in the relationship, knew that NSV was less complicated and will not put his wife through numerous problems, and wants his two children to do well in life and study in English medium schools despite his modest earnings. He now works part time as a link worker under the tutelage of Dr Meenal Mehta (unseen) who works with USAID on the NSV project in Uttar Pradesh, India. Jagroshan has been the star link worker, doing about 5 cases of NSV cases per month since he started. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Dr. Vikasendu Agarwal, the paediatrician of the Muradnagar Community Health Centre (CHC), checks on a newborn in the paediatrics ward of the CHC in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He says that "Bigger incentives should be given to women to have a tubectomy done after 2 children instead of the current plan of giving incentives for every child born institutionally as the in most cases,money goes directly to the household instead of the mother's healthcare defeating the very purpose of this incentive. The growth-rate between different socio-cultural population groups in the region are drastically different due to lack of awareness of the benefits of family planning in certain groups". Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Dr. Vikasendu Agarwal, the paediatrician of the Muradnagar Community Health Centre (CHC), checks on a newborn in the paediatrics ward of the CHC in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He says that "Bigger incentives should be given to women to have a tubectomy done after 2 children instead of the current plan of giving incentives for every child born institutionally as the in most cases,money goes directly to the household instead of the mother's healthcare defeating the very purpose of this incentive. The growth-rate between different socio-cultural population groups in the region are drastically different due to lack of awareness of the benefits of family planning in certain groups". Photo by Suzanne Lee / Panos London
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  • Patients and family of patients spend many hours at the waiting area in the compounds of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Hospital, New Delhi, the largest hospital in India, on 18th October 2008 in New Delhi, India. Photo : Suzanne Lee
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  • Ankit Bamaniya, aged 5, studies English in class in the Vasudha Vidya Vihar school in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, India on 12 November 2014. The son of a cotton farmer, Ankit wants to be a Doctor when he grows up, so that he can help everyone in need. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Fairtrade
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  • Ankit Bamaniya, aged 5, studies English in class in the Vasudha Vidya Vihar school in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, India on 12 November 2014. The son of a cotton farmer, Ankit wants to be a Doctor when he grows up, so that he can help everyone in need. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Fairtrade
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  • 9 months pregnant, Leela Mekwan (center), 34, waits for a doctor's checkup in preparation for her Caesarian section delivery today in the Akanksha Clinic in Anand, Gujarat, India on 12th December 2012. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Marie-Claire France
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  • Nurse Sharon Pacaldo (2nd from left), of Philippine Red Cross, looks on as a doctor checks on a severely dehydrated baby in the medical tent for evacuees in the city's largest stadium in Zamboanga, Mindanao, The Philippines on November 4, 2013. These Internally Displaced People (IDP) had taken refuge in this stadium after surviving the 3 week long attack by MNLF rebels. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SPRINT-IPPF
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  • Yeshiva Bentzion Plotkin of Canada, Toronto, goes to visit shochet Elkana Shapurkar (aged 37) at Crawford Market, a famous market in Mumbai, India. Elkana lived in Jerusalem from 1995-2002 and served as a medical doctor in the Israeli army. He married a Cochin (indian) jew when he returned to India in 2002. His shochet certification was done in Israel. He also gives tours of the old jewish sectors of Mumbai and Cochin. Wife, Ellana (aged 35) works with a travel agency. Their dream for their son, Yedediya (2yrs 4 mths old) is to be a Rabbi. Yedediya loves singing jewish religious songs and intently observes his father in prayer. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Chabad Lubavitch
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  • Ankit Bamaniya, aged 5, studies English in class in the Vasudha Vidya Vihar school in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, India on 12 November 2014. The son of a cotton farmer, Ankit wants to be a Doctor when he grows up, so that he can help everyone in need. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Fairtrade
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  • Ankit Bamaniya, aged 5, studies English in class in the Vasudha Vidya Vihar school in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, India on 12 November 2014. The son of a cotton farmer, Ankit wants to be a Doctor when he grows up, so that he can help everyone in need. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Fairtrade
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  • Shochet Elkana Shapurkar (aged 37) puts tefillin in his one room home near the docks of Mumbai, India. Elkana lived in Jerusalem from 1995-2002 and served as a medical doctor in the Israeli army. He married a Cochin (indian) jew when he returned to India in 2002. His shochet certification was done in Israel. He also gives tours of the old jewish sectors of Mumbai and Cochin. Wife, Ellana (aged 35) works with a travel agency. Their dream for their son, Yedediya (2yrs 4 mths old) is to be a Rabbi. Yedediya loves singing jewish religious songs and intently observes his father in prayer. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Chabad Lubavitch
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  • A doctor works on genetic material in the lab after an IVF egg retrieval in the Akanksha Infertility Center in Anand, Gujarat, India on 12th December 2012.  Photo by Suzanne Lee / Marie-Claire France
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  • Bhawani Regmi (grey/pink), 16, talks about child marriage and the importance of family planning at a club meeting at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Bhawani's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. 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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  • Bhawani Regmi (grey/pink), 16, speaks of child marriage, family planning and pregnancy health at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Bhawani's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. 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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  • Bhawani Regmi (grey/pink), 16, speaks of the issues of child marriage at a club meeting at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Bhawani's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. 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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  • Ganga Regmi (pink), 10, attends a club meeting at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Ganga's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. 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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  • Bhawani Regmi (grey/pink), 16, speaks of a child marriage incident she previously witnessed, at a club meeting at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Bhawani's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. 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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  • Ganga Regmi (pink), 10, attends a club meeting at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Ganga's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. 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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  • Chandraseker Shahi, 17, sings a self-written song against child marriage while Ganga Regmi (right, pink, age 10) and another member dance to it at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Ganga Regmi is Pandit Dharma Raj Regmi's daughterand has ambitions to be a doctor. 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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  • Ganga Regmi (pink), 10, attends a club meeting at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Ganga's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. 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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  • Oli Ahmed (11) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11, in pink shirt) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11, in pink shirt) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11, in pink shirt) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11, in pink shirt) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11, in pink shirt) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11, in pink shirt) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Shochet Elkana Shapurkar (aged 37) puts tefillin in his one room home near the docks of Mumbai, India. Elkana lived in Jerusalem from 1995-2002 and served as a medical doctor in the Israeli army. He married a Cochin (indian) jew when he returned to India in 2002. His shochet certification was done in Israel. He also gives tours of the old jewish sectors of Mumbai and Cochin. Wife, Ellana (aged 35) works with a travel agency. Their dream for their son, Yedediya (2yrs 4 mths old) is to be a Rabbi. Yedediya loves singing jewish religious songs and intently observes his father in prayer. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Chabad Lubavitch
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  • Bhawani Regmi (grey/pink), 16, speaks of child marriage, family planning and pregnancy health at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Bhawani's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. 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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  • Bhawani Regmi (grey/pink), 16, at a club meeting at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Bhawani's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. 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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  • Ganga Regmi (pink), 10, attends a club meeting at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Ganga's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. 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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  • Bhawani Regmi (grey/pink), 16, attends a club meeting at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Bhawani's ambition is to be a doctor. 16-year-old Bhawani Regmi (in grey/pink) who is the president of the district level child forum, 11-year-old  Sarawati Regmi (in white), and 10-year-old Ganga Regmi (in pink) are daughters of pandit (Hindu priest) Dharma Raj Regmi who is one of the 3 priests who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages. 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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  • While high on 'solution', a street name for a sniffing substance made of tipex and paint thinner, Sunny, aged 10, sleeps on the floor at the mobile clinic in Jama Masjid on 4th October 2010, in New Delhi, India. His mother (unseen), who is also a 'solution' addict, squats next to him in wait to see the doctor at the mobile clinic. Picture: Suzanne Lee for The Australian.
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  • A doctor works on an egg in the lab after an IVF egg retrieval in the Akanksha Infertility Center in Anand, Gujarat, India on 12th December 2012.  Photo by Suzanne Lee / Marie-Claire France
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  • 9 months pregnant, Leela Mekwan (center), 34, waits for a doctor's checkup in preparation for her Caesarian section delivery today in the Akanksha Clinic in Anand, Gujarat, India on 12th December 2012. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Marie-Claire France
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  • Homeless people wait in line to see the doctor at the mobile clinic at Jama Masjid on 4th October 2010, in Old Delhi, India. The mobile clinic is set up every Monday and Thursday behind the mosque. Picture: Suzanne Lee for The Australian.
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  • While high on 'solution', a street name for a sniffing substance made of tipex and paint thinner, Sunny, aged 10, sleeps on the floor at the mobile clinic in Jama Masjid on 4th October 2010, in New Delhi, India. His mother, who is also a 'solution' addict, squats next to him in wait to see the doctor at the mobile clinic. Picture: Suzanne Lee for The Australian.
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  • Sunny's mother, Laxmi sniffs 'solution', a street name for a sniffing substance made of tipex and paint thinner, while she waits to see the doctor at the mobile clinic in Jama Masjid on 4th October 2010, in New Delhi, India.  Picture: Suzanne Lee for The Australian.
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  • While high on 'solution', a street name for a sniffing substance made of tipex and paint thinner, Sunny, aged 10, sleeps on the floor near the mobile clinic in Jama Masjid on 4th October 2010, in New Delhi, India. His mother, who is also a 'solution' addict, squats next to him in wait to see the doctor at the mobile clinic. Picture: Suzanne Lee for The Australian.
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