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Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps

Private-Public Innovation for Girls

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Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps

China’s 106 million ethnic minorities disproportionately suffer the effects of migration, drug use and HIV/AIDS. Minority girls are particularly vulnerable to HIV:

  • Economically – living in extreme poverty in communities highly affected by intravenous drug use with limited employment opportunities
  • Socially – low social status, low levels of education and early marriage limit girls’ negotiation power in sexual relationships
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