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  • (standing L-R) Safer Society staff Ganesh Bahadur Oli (24), Bhawani Regmi (16) and Chandraseker Shahi (17) do a drama play about refusing underaged arranged marriages at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. 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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  • Sarawati Regmi (center, white), 11, 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. Sarawati's ambition is to run an NGO. 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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  • Villagers and 14 year old Tulasa Khadka's husband's extended family at home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped at 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1 kg a week ago. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • School children walk along a river on the way to class in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Dhundi Raj Tiwari, 20, a Village Child Protection Committee (VCPC) member poses for a portrait at the information center they built in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Dhundi with the VCPC works to intervene in child marriages such as the case of Pramila and is supported by Save the Children and local NGO Safer Societies. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands at the door of the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Pramila's maternal uncle regularly abuses her so earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar, 18, carries her 2 year old son, as she poses for a portrait at the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, cradles her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, sits next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nisha Darlami (top left), 19, stays for a month after the birth of her baby girl, Bushpa, at her mother's (top right) house in Kalyan Village, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Nisha eloped with her step nephew when she was 13 but the couple used contraceptives for the next 6 years to delay pregnancy until she turned 18. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Boxes of a variety of contraceptives lie on the countertop as Rana Bahadur Magar (left), 24, attends to a customer in his pharmacy which he bought over 2 years ago in Gangate Village, Sathakhani Bidishi, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Monthly, Rana Bahadur Magar sells over 300 condoms and 1700 birth control pills and does about 10 injections of 3-month-long contraceptives which he is trained to do. The nearest district hospital is an hour's drive away. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Rana Bahadur Magar (left), 24, attends to a customer in his pharmacy which he bought over 2 years ago in Gangate Village, Sathakhani Bidishi, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Monthly, Rana Bahadur Magar sells over 300 condoms and 1700 birth control pills and does about 10 injections of 3-month-long contraceptives which he is trained to do. The nearest district hospital is an hour's drive away. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views of agriculture and village life in Gangate Village,  Sathakhani Bidishi, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Laxmi Oli, 23, cradles her 3-day-old 2nd child in the Bardia District Hospital one hour's walk from her village in Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Laxmi had her first child at 18. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Laxmi Oli, 23, cradles her 3-day-old 2nd child in the Bardia District Hospital one hour's walk from her village in Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Laxmi had her first child at 18. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pahari Tharu, 52, a female community health worker, holds some of her midwifery equipment as she speaks of family planning and pregnancy health to a group of teenaged mothers and child brides in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pahari Tharu, 52, a female community health worker, holds some of her midwifery equipment as she speaks of family planning and pregnancy health to a group of teenaged mothers and child brides in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sita Tharu (center in turquoise), 14, is six months pregnant as she gathers with other child mothers and child brides to see Pahari Tharu, 52, the female community health worker in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Sita eloped and married last year at 13 and is now 6 months pregnant. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sita Tharu (center in turquoise), 14, is six months pregnant as she gathers with other child mothers and child brides to see Pahari Tharu, 52, the female community health worker in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Sita eloped and married last year at 13 and is now 6 months pregnant. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Tharu, 15, carries her 2 year old toddler Prapti as she stands at the door of her home in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Pramila eloped and married at 12 and gave birth to Prapti at age 13. She delivered prematurely on the way to the hospital in an ox cart and her baby weighed only 1.5kg at birth. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • American Jennifer (center, blond), 38, chats with other surrogacy clients as they wait in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. Jennifer wants to try surrogacy after 5 unexplained failed pregnancies, "I would go and pick a baby up from the street, which I wouldn't really but that's the kind of desperation that comes from infertility." The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • A European mother (left) tends to her newborn while American Jennifer, 38, shares her joy in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. Jennifer wants to tryout surrogacy after 5 unexplained failed pregnancies, "I would go and pick a baby up from the street, which I wouldn't really but that's the kind of desperation that comes from infertility." The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • Patients wait to see the doctors in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in Anand, Gujarat, India on 18 May 2011. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and has delivered over 560 babies since their establishment. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • In pink: Anjuman Salimkhan Pathan, 30, is a hindu who married a muslim man (love marriage), and is carrying a baby for an American couple who are ethnically Indian. "What i'm doing is a sin in Islam but I'm very poor and we have 3 children. We also want our own house.... My stomach has been cut once so how does it matter to be cut a second time?"..In yellow: Indu Ben Dasrathbhai Pawar (Also photographed in ultrasound room) "There is a fear about health... then we think that its in Gods hands and pray that its a smooth pregnancy"...Bottom : Vasanthi Ashokbhai Rohit, 24, is carrying an NRI's baby.."You do have an affection for the baby because it's just inherent in maternal nature but its not difficult to part with it because we know in advance that we're doing it for money. Howsoever hard we work, we won't be able to earn USD6000 anywhere else in 1 year."..Women lounge around the surrogate house for their entire term of pregnancy while posters of babies and religious symbols adorn the walls together with calendars that they often use to count their days to the end of their terms. The women come to the house with just a small bag of clothes as everything else is provided for in the house...The Akanksha Infertility Clinic in Anand, Gujarat, India, is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • A European mother (Caroline) cradles her newborn in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. <br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • A European mother cradles her newborn in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • Dr. Nayna H. Patel speaks to a pregnant lady while doing an ultrasound for her in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Bimala Saijwal of Save the Children's partner NGO Safer Society speaks of child marriage issues and the empowerment that Child Clubs give children in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Save the Children and their local partner NGO Safer Society with the Nepal government support Child Clubs as they 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, 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 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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  • Part of a wall poster lies on the floor in the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. 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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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, carries her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, carries her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • The Guardian reporter Zoe Williams crosses the river at Gangate Village, Sathakhani Bidishi, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Members of the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club during a meeting in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. 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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  • Chandraseker Shahi, 17, introduces himself before he sings a self-written song against child marriage at the Kishuri Sachetana Child Club in their activity center in Thahuri Tole, Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. 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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  • Three Hindu pandit (religious holy men) who have agreed to stop solemnizing child marriages (L-R) Dharma Raj Regmi (57), Narain Prasad Sharma (57), and Tulasi Prasad Sharma (47), at the Shiva Temple in Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Narain says that people are afraid of talking marrying their underaged children in front of them because of their strong stance against it. Tulasi Prasad was Tulasa Khadka's school teacher and was so much against Khadka's decision to get married at 13 that he was estranged from the family. Dharma has 3 daughters, all active in the local and district level Child Clubs, supported by Save the Children and their local partner NGO Safer Society, that advocates for child rights and against child marriages. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • An overview of 14 year old Tulasa Khadka's family home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped at 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1 kg a week ago. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home with her husband's extended family in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home with her husband's extended family in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home with her husband's extended family in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Tulasa Khadka, 14, who got married when she was 13 and gave birth to a stillborn baby weighing less than 1kg a week ago, rests at home in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. Tulasa eloped one year ago and didn't use contraceptives. She walks through the hills to the nearest hospital and she went into labour while on her way there for a checkup at almost full term. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • A child works in the paddy fields in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • A child works in the paddy fields dressed in his school uniform before going to class in the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands at the door of the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Pramila's maternal uncle regularly abuses her so earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar, 18, carries her 2 year old son, as she poses for a portrait at the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, cradles her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, sits next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Save the Children UK team together with Nepal StC cross the river at Gangate Village,  Sathakhani Bidishi, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • An overview of 19 year old Nisha Darlami's mother's house in Kalyan Village, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Nisha eloped with her step nephew when she was 13 but the couple used contraceptives for the next 6 years to delay pregnancy until she turned 18. Now 19, she has a one month old baby girl named Bushpa (flower). In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nisha Darlami, 19, does the housework in her mother's (right) house in Kalyan Village, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Nisha eloped with her step nephew when she was 13 but the couple used contraceptives for the next 6 years to delay pregnancy until she turned 18. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nisha Darlami, 19, tends to her 1 month old baby girl, Bushpa, in her mother's house in Kalyan Village, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Nisha eloped with her step nephew when she was 13 but the couple used contraceptives for the next 6 years to delay pregnancy until she turned 18. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nisha Darlami, 19, tends to her 1 month old baby girl, Bushpa, in her mother's house in Kalyan Village, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Nisha eloped with her step nephew when she was 13 but the couple used contraceptives for the next 6 years to delay pregnancy until she turned 18. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nisha Darlami, 19, carries her 1 month old baby girl, Bushpa, as she sits in her mother's house in Kalyan Village, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Nisha eloped with her step nephew when she was 13 but the couple used contraceptives for the next 6 years to delay pregnancy until she turned 18. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nisha Darlami, 19, carries her 1 month old baby girl, Bushpa, as she sits in her mother's house in Kalyan Village, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Nisha eloped with her step nephew when she was 13 but the couple used contraceptives for the next 6 years to delay pregnancy until she turned 18. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nisha Darlami, 19, carries her 1 month old baby girl, Bushpa, as she sits in her mother's house in Kalyan Village, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Nisha eloped with her step nephew when she was 13 but the couple used contraceptives for the next 6 years to delay pregnancy until she turned 18. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Nisha Darlami, 19, carries her 1 month old baby girl, Bushpa, as she sits in her mother's house in Kalyan Village, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Nisha eloped with her step nephew when she was 13 but the couple used contraceptives for the next 6 years to delay pregnancy until she turned 18. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views of agriculture and village life in Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Laxmi Oli, 23, cradles her 3-day-old 2nd child, as her mother-in-law (center) looks on in the Bardia District Hospital one hour's walk from her village in Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Laxmi had her first child at 18. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Laxmi Oli, 23, cradles her 3-day-old 2nd child, in the Bardia District Hospital one hour's walk from her village in Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Laxmi had her first child at 18. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sita Tharu, 14, is six months pregnant as she poses for a portrait in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Sita eloped and married last year at 13 and is now 6 months pregnant. She says she's very afraid of the birth and its possible complications. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • The Guardian reporter Zoe Williams (center in purple) interviews a group of teenaged mothers and child brides in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Lakshmi Tharu (in purple), 22, sits with her younger of 2 sons (right) aged 10 and 4 as she gathers with other child mothers and child brides to see Pahari Tharu, 52, the female community health worker in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Lakshmi has never been to school and was married to an 11 year old boy when she was nine, giving birth to her first child when she was 12. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sita Tharu (center in turquoise), 14, is six months pregnant as she gathers with other child mothers and child brides to see Pahari Tharu, 52, the female community health worker in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Sita eloped and married last year at 13 and is now 6 months pregnant. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sita Tharu (center in turquoise), 14, is six months pregnant as she gathers with other child mothers and child brides to see Pahari Tharu, 52, the female community health worker in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Sita eloped and married last year at 13 and is now 6 months pregnant. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Sita Tharu (center in turquoise), 14, is six months pregnant as she gathers with other child mothers and child brides to see Pahari Tharu, 52, the female community health worker in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Sita eloped and married last year at 13 and is now 6 months pregnant. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, and working together against child marriage and teenage pregnancy especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Tharu, 15, carries her 2 year old toddler Prapti as she stands at the door of her home in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Pramila eloped and married at 12 and gave birth to Prapti at age 13. She delivered prematurely on the way to the hospital in an ox cart and her baby weighed only 1.5kg at birth. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Tharu, 15, carries her 2 year old toddler Prapti as she stands at the door of her home in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Pramila eloped and married at 12 and gave birth to Prapti at age 13. She delivered prematurely on the way to the hospital in an ox cart and her baby weighed only 1.5kg at birth. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Tharu, 15, carries her 2 year old toddler Prapti as she stands at the door of her home in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Pramila eloped and married at 12 and gave birth to Prapti at age 13. She delivered prematurely on the way to the hospital in an ox cart and her baby weighed only 1.5kg at birth. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Tharu, 15, cleans her 2 year old toddler Prapti, in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Pramila eloped and married at 12 and gave birth to Prapti at age 13. She delivered prematurely on the way to the hospital in an ox cart and her baby weighed only 1.5kg at birth. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Tharu, 15, tries to feed her 2 year old toddler Prapti, in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Pramila eloped and married at 12 and gave birth to Prapti at age 13. She delivered prematurely on the way to the hospital in an ox cart and her baby weighed only 1.5kg at birth. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Tharu, 15, breastfeeds her 2 year old toddler Prapti, in Bhaishahi village, Bardia, Western Nepal, on 29th June 2012. Pramila eloped and married at 12 and gave birth to Prapti at age 13. She delivered prematurely on the way to the hospital in an ox cart and her baby weighed only 1.5kg at birth. In Bardia, StC works with the district health office to build the capacity of female community health workers who are on the frontline of health service provision like ante-natal and post-natal care, especially in rural areas. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • People go about their daily lives in the town of Anand, Gujarat, India on 17 May 2011. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Ganesh visits his wife Diksha as she lies in her shared surrogate's room on the 3rd floor of the Akanksha Infertility Clinic, Anand, Gujarat, India...Clockwise: Ganesh Gurunja, 28 (yellow, top left); Diksha Gurunja, 28 (top right); 2 boys, 11 and 8 (below).Nepali couple based in Anand, Gujarat..- Ganesh is a merchant operator and earns Rs. 6,000-7,000 a month but is not working right now. He's taking care of the kids and home while Diksha is pregnant with her second surrogacy..- The education expenses of the children are alone Rs. 20,000 a year. .- They used to rent a three-bedroom apt. for Rs. 2,000 per month, which they bought for Rs. 3.5 lakhs with money from Diksha's first surrogacy..- Both the surrogacies were for Japanese couples...Quotes."You have to lose something to gain something. And what we gain is a lot more than what we lose. For nine months we live like this away from family but with the money, we could get his [Ganesh's] kidney stone operation done, buy a house, a bike, send children to English-medium schools, and eat, wear and sleep well. There are no problems now." - Diksha..The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Ganesh visits his wife Diksha as she lies in her shared surrogate's room on the 3rd floor of the Akanksha Infertility Clinic, Anand, Gujarat, India...Clockwise: Ganesh Gurunja, 28 (yellow, top left); Diksha Gurunja, 28 (top right); 2 boys, 11 and 8 (below).Nepali couple based in Anand, Gujarat..- Ganesh is a merchant operator and earns Rs. 6,000-7,000 a month but is not working right now. He's taking care of the kids and home while Diksha is pregnant with her second surrogacy..- The education expenses of the children are alone Rs. 20,000 a year. .- They used to rent a three-bedroom apt. for Rs. 2,000 per month, which they bought for Rs. 3.5 lakhs with money from Diksha's first surrogacy..- Both the surrogacies were for Japanese couples...Quotes."You have to lose something to gain something. And what we gain is a lot more than what we lose. For nine months we live like this away from family but with the money, we could get his [Ganesh's] kidney stone operation done, buy a house, a bike, send children to English-medium schools, and eat, wear and sleep well. There are no problems now." - Diksha..The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Patients, surrogates, and clients wait in the reception area in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. .The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • A rickshaw crosses the train tracks in Anand, Gujarat, India The Akanksha Infertility Clinic in Anand, Gujarat, India on 17 May 2011. Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Shardaben walks along the trench in the agricultural land that she leased for 5 years with the money she got from surrogacy...Shardaben Kantiben, 31; Husband is Kantibhai Motibhai (37).3 children --- 2 girls -  Usha(15) and Lakshmi (18, in pink); 1 boy, Chintan (17).- Education costs for all three come to Rs. 15,000 per year.- Shardaben was a two-time surrogate. First time she gave birth to twin girls for a Taiwanese couple and the second time a boy for an Indian couple from America (photo on TV set because she's proud that it was a boy).- The second time she became emotional and they got a gold ring of Rs. 1,500 made for the boy, which they presented to the biological parents. They are not in touch with either couple..- From the two surrogacies, they earned a little over 700,000rupees..-200,000rupees will be given as dowry for Lakshmi's wedding..- They leased agricultural land (Rs. 2 lakhs for five years) which earns them Rs. 60,000-70,000 a year; they bought two buffaloes worth Rs. 60,000 and make almost 6000-7000 per month selling milk; they bought a motorbike for Rs. 25,000; they put some money into house repairs and the construction of toilets, and opened a fixed deposit in Shardaben's name for Rs. 1.5 lakh and one in the name of their son, Chintan, for Rs. 25,000..Quotes.."Everyone says they'll keep in touch and take down addresses and phone numbers but nobody looks back. And I guess it works well. Our main interest was in the money. Their main interest is in the baby." - KantiBhai."Their rules apply at the surrogate house. It does curtail the freedom. When I used to go, everybody would just be lying. They count the days when they can go back." - Kantibhai."Ours is natural birth but surrogacy is a man-made pregnancy. There's a lot of risk. She must have taken at least 300 injections." - Kantibhai of his wife...The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their
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  • Shardaben holds up a photograph of her first surrogacy job..Shardaben Kantiben, 31; Husband is Kantibhai Motibhai (37).3 children --- 2 girls -  Usha(15) and Lakshmi (18, in pink); 1 boy, Chintan (17).- Education costs for all three come to Rs. 15,000 per year.- Shardaben was a two-time surrogate. First time she gave birth to twin girls for a Taiwanese couple and the second time a boy for an Indian couple from America (photo on TV set because she's proud that it was a boy).- The second time she became emotional and they got a gold ring of Rs. 1,500 made for the boy, which they presented to the biological parents. They are not in touch with either couple..- From the two surrogacies, they earned a little over 700,000rupees..-200,000rupees will be given as dowry for Lakshmi's wedding..- They leased agricultural land (Rs. 2 lakhs for five years) which earns them Rs. 60,000-70,000 a year; they bought two buffaloes worth Rs. 60,000 and make almost 6000-7000 per month selling milk; they bought a motorbike for Rs. 25,000; they put some money into house repairs and the construction of toilets, and opened a fixed deposit in Shardaben's name for Rs. 1.5 lakh and one in the name of their son, Chintan, for Rs. 25,000..Quotes.."Everyone says they'll keep in touch and take down addresses and phone numbers but nobody looks back. And I guess it works well. Our main interest was in the money. Their main interest is in the baby." - KantiBhai."Their rules apply at the surrogate house. It does curtail the freedom. When I used to go, everybody would just be lying. They count the days when they can go back." - Kantibhai."Ours is natural birth but surrogacy is a man-made pregnancy. There's a lot of risk. She must have taken at least 300 injections." - Kantibhai of his wife...The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • Shardaben's eldest daughter, Lakshmi (18) walks out of a room. 200,000 rupees out of the money Shardaben earned from surrogacy will soon be given to Lakshmi's husband-to-be as her dowry. ..Shardaben Kantiben, 31; Husband is Kantibhai Motibhai (37).3 children --- 2 girls -  Usha(15) and Lakshmi (18, in pink); 1 boy, Chintan (17).- Education costs for all three come to Rs. 15,000 per year.- Shardaben was a two-time surrogate. First time she gave birth to twin girls for a Taiwanese couple and the second time a boy for an Indian couple from America (photo on TV set because she's proud that it was a boy).- The second time she became emotional and they got a gold ring of Rs. 1,500 made for the boy, which they presented to the biological parents. They are not in touch with either couple..- From the two surrogacies, they earned a little over 700,000rupees..-200,000rupees will be given as dowry for Lakshmi's wedding..- They leased agricultural land (Rs. 2 lakhs for five years) which earns them Rs. 60,000-70,000 a year; they bought two buffaloes worth Rs. 60,000 and make almost 6000-7000 per month selling milk; they bought a motorbike for Rs. 25,000; they put some money into house repairs and the construction of toilets, and opened a fixed deposit in Shardaben's name for Rs. 1.5 lakh and one in the name of their son, Chintan, for Rs. 25,000..Quotes.."Everyone says they'll keep in touch and take down addresses and phone numbers but nobody looks back. And I guess it works well. Our main interest was in the money. Their main interest is in the baby." - KantiBhai."Their rules apply at the surrogate house. It does curtail the freedom. When I used to go, everybody would just be lying. They count the days when they can go back." - Kantibhai."Ours is natural birth but surrogacy is a man-made pregnancy. There's a lot of risk. She must have taken at least 300 injections." - Kantibhai of his wife...The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and cu
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  • Patients and clients at the entrance to the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Dr. Nayna H. Patel speaks to a pregnant lady while doing an ultrasound for her in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. .Photo by Suzanne Lee
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  • American Jennifer (center, blond), 38, chats with other surrogacy clients as they wait in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. Jennifer wants to try surrogacy after 5 unexplained failed pregnancies, "I would go and pick a baby up from the street, which I wouldn't really but that's the kind of desperation that comes from infertility."..The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • American Jennifer (center, blond), 38, chats with other surrogacy clients as they wait in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. Jennifer wants to try surrogacy after 5 unexplained failed pregnancies, "I would go and pick a baby up from the street, which I wouldn't really but that's the kind of desperation that comes from infertility." The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • Patients, surrogates, and clients wait in the reception area in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. .The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • A European newborn in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • Patients, surrogates, and clients wait in the reception area in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. .The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • A nurse takes blood samples from an Indian woman at the reception area of the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the town of Anand, Gujarat, India...The Akanksha Infertility Clinic in Anand, Gujarat, India, is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • In pink: Anjuman Salimkhan Pathan, 30, is a hindu who married a muslim man (love marriage), and is carrying a baby for an American couple who are ethnically Indian. "What i'm doing is a sin in Islam but I'm very poor and we have 3 children. We also want our own house.... My stomach has been cut once so how does it matter to be cut a second time?"..Women lounge around the surrogate house for their entire term of pregnancy while posters of babies and religious symbols adorn the walls together with calendars that they often use to count their days to the end of their terms. The women come to the house with just a small bag of clothes as everything else is provided for in the house...The Akanksha Infertility Clinic in Anand, Gujarat, India, is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • Women sit around in the Akanksha surrogate house as posters of babies and religious symbols adorn the walls...Indu Ben Dasrathbhai Pawar (center, in yellow, also photographed in ultrasound room; "there is a fear about health... then we think that its in gods hands and pray that its a smooth pregnancy)..The Akanksha Infertility Clinic in Anand, Gujarat, India, is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • Dr. Nayna H. Patel poses for a portrait in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. <br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • American Jennifer (center, blond), 38, chats with other surrogacy clients as they wait in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. Jennifer wants to try surrogacy after 5 unexplained failed pregnancies, "I would go and pick a baby up from the street, which I wouldn't really but that's the kind of desperation that comes from infertility.".<br />
The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses. <br />
Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Ranju Rajabhai, 32, has enrolled in the surrogacy program because her husband had sustained 25% burns in a domestic kitchen accident and needs surgery. She will use the money to pay for the medical bills and build a house. She hasn't told her kids about the surrogacy. The biological parents of the baby are Canadians...The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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  • American Jennifer (center, blond), 38, chats with other surrogacy clients as they wait in the Akanksha Infertility Clinic in the small town of Anand, Gujarat, India. Jennifer wants to try surrogacy after 5 unexplained failed pregnancies, "I would go and pick a baby up from the street, which I wouldn't really but that's the kind of desperation that comes from infertility." The Akanksha Infertility Clinic is known internationally for its surrogacy program and currently has over a hundred surrogate mothers pregnant in their environmentally controlled surrogate houses.
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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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