A teacher walks between desks at the public primary school in the village of Sourgou.

Aicha (13) with Attika (39) arriving late at school. With a critical lack of information on contraception among young people, Aicha found herself pregnant with Attika, whom she will marry shortly on a...

Rosalie (L) in her third and last year of hairdressing training at the Foyer Sainte Maria de Goretti. She fled her family to avoid forced marriage. On the right Odile, in her first year of training, a...

A mural on a wall at the Foyer Sainte Maria de Goretti which since 1951 has been welcoming young girls fleeing early and forced marriages. 110 girls are currently in this home which provides them with...

The mother superior, Sister Veronique talks with Abibou (13), who fled a child marriage, at the Foyer Sainte Maria de Goretti which since 1951 has been welcoming young girls fleeing early and forced m...

Abibou (13) (right), who arrived at the home a year ago to escape a child marriage, does her studies with one of her friends in their dormitory at the Foyer Sainte Maria de Goretti which since 1951 ha...

Abibou (13) and Edith dancing in the grounds of the Foyer Sainte Maria de Goretti. Both girls fled forced child marriages and have found refuge at the centre which, since 1951, has been welcoming youn...

Roger (13) eats a meal of rice and beans with a fellow apprentice. Roger has been an apprentice bicycle repairer since October 2020. Following the COVID-19 economic crisis, and the closing of the bord...

Children sit at their desks in a crowded class at the Zoodnooma Primary Public School.

Pupils in a class at the Denro de Koudougou association which offers a mixed sport-study football course from primary school onwards. The first in West Africa, and probably in Africa, it helps motivat...

Children playing with soap bubbles on the closed Oberbaum Bridge during a protest calling for a 'Global Day of Climate Action' under the slogan 'Another World Is Possible'.

Children playing with soap bubbles on the closed Oberbaum Bridge during a protest calling for a 'Global Day of Climate Action' under the slogan 'Another World Is Possible'.

Children in a crowded class at the Zoodnooma Primary Public School.

Children playing with soap bubbles on the closed Oberbaum Bridge during a protest calling for a 'Global Day of Climate Action' under the slogan 'Another World Is Possible'.

Emilienne (13) has been selling mangos since October 2020. As a result of the economic crisis, linked to COVID-19, her grandmother's business is going badly and of the eight children she supports, six...