Niger is the toughest country to be a girl. "In too many countries being born poor and female means a life sentence of inequality, oppression and poverty - and in too many cases also a death sentence.
In Niger a woman has a one in 20 chance in her lifetime of dying while giving birth.
In an index compiled by ONE of the 20 hardest countries to be a girl, Niger is followed by Somalia, Mali, Central African Republic, Yemen, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Chad and Comoros.
Globally, half a billion women cannot read, 62 million girls are denied an education and 155 countries still have laws that discriminate against women.
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