Like many other Roma women in South-Eastern Europe, Arnela and Sabrina gave birth before turning 18. The two young mothers from Visoko in Bosnia and Herzegovina are sisters-in-law, and they share the experience of having seen their dreams shattered by getting pregnant too early in life.

    But there is a way to break the cycle of poverty and early pregnancy. A recent survey shows that Roma girls with secondary education are dramatically less likely to have their first child as an adolescent.

    Sabrina and our nila are sisters in law from the same Roma family both married and became mothers before the age of 18 instead of going to school the young mothers now spend their days caring for their children however a recent study has shown that when girls from the Roma

    Community are able to continue their education the teen marriage and pregnancy rates dropped significantly my name is Melina Halilovic and I’m Roma I’m coming from Roma community I am 26 and I have made my choice I go to be educated Roma women at age of 15 and

    That happens when I was left without both parents both of them are they died and I was left alone with my sister Molina escaped the circle of early marriage and pregnancy by pursuing her education and is now the director of Roma Youth Initiative be my friend a

    Local NGO aimed at helping girls like Sabrina and our nella jealous and as a virgin kool-aid I said the opium tea that’s good i’m on episode nice massage i destroyed jazz in vizag to school tomorrow night’s episode meerut a nice couch nest the dummy all omakuchi

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    Them married before the age of 15 teenage pregnancy rates are all also very high almost one-third of them become pregnant while they are still teenagers and it is well known that children born very young mothers experience early health problems and are most likely not to enroll in further

    Education and this perpetuates the cycle of poverty and limited opportunities a recent study of Roma girls in Bosnia and Herzegovina reveals a complex problem with many contributing factors including cultural obstacles we hear the Advani’s the Golden Age Russa Renaissance a forum instances a ludicrous beauty parlor da conscious twisted even apologizing a

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    Kadhai delicious taco lawsy or no suna dom semester nonito fort valley trillith potash topic hace diced an apology away– human innovati Jack Daugherty overcoming these challenges is difficult but steps are being taken to engage the Roma community and find ways to promote change working with Roma community leaders with Roma opinion leaders and

    Role models working with Roman Jews should be the approach to to use in order to better understand which are the community norms and traditions and values and try to match them with the modern life needs and promote also the successful examples of successful men and women from the Roma community for

    Her part Molina says that while preventing the at-risk girls from marrying and becoming pregnant is a primary goal of her NGO helping girls like Sabrina and our nella is equally important to break the cycle of poverty and abandon education for example for me success is when I don’t know children

    From our workshop they say to us we are going to school now I think this is the major success for me it’s because we are for so many years we are talking with parents that they should send those children to the school and even that they don’t have money that they should

    Give them to school and you know I’m really happy when they came to us and say that they have they are going to school now and I think this is the the major test for us for all of us Sabrina and our nella both made the irreversible

    Decision to marry and become mothers in their teens but because of the work of people like Molina they believe that they can change the future for their own children through education picasaweb you reckon the pros are swoosh call the Provost nice verrano’s tirana jalila ion detector sota

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