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CAPTION: Sahiya Anupma Soren quizzes the girls on such subjects as the legal age of marriage, their daily nutritional needs and the foods that can provide these, the sort of medical advice that’s available for them, etc. There are two groups in the room. One is made up of married adolescents, aged 15-19, which discusses delaying the age of marriage, the different methods of family planning that are available, and antenatal care; the other consists of 10 to 14-year olds, with some school-going girls and some school dropouts, and this group focuses in a big way on nutrition, menstrual hygiene, and developmental changes. LOCATION: Pawra Anganwadi Centre (AWC), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Anupma Soren (standing, left) and multiple others.

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CAPTION: Sahiya Anupma Soren quizzes the girls on such subjects as the legal age of marriage, their daily nutritional needs and the foods that can provide these, the sort of medical advice that’s available for them, etc. There are two groups in the room. One is made up of married adolescents, aged 15-19, which discusses delaying the age of marriage, the different methods of family planning that are available, and antenatal care; the other consists of 10 to 14-year olds, with some school-going girls and some school dropouts, and this group focuses in a big way on nutrition, menstrual hygiene, and developmental changes. LOCATION: Pawra Anganwadi Centre (AWC), Ghatshila (block), Purbi Singhbhum (district), Jharkhand (state), India. INDIVIDUAL(S) PHOTOGRAPHED: Anupma Soren (standing, left) and multiple others.