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_{^{Enumerators collecting information about girls in GAC operational areas. Photo credit:  Adama Bangura - Save the Children}}

^{Girls champions with stakeholders at the Family Kingdom on Thursday 26 November in Freetown. Photo credit Maxwell for Save the Children}

L-R: Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs, Hon. Manti Tarawalli speaks with Save the Children Girl Champions about protection systems for women and girls; Salmata Davies top right and Salamatu Sesay bottom. Photo: Abdul Sillah, Save the Children

Childhood is a time of innocence, but there are no innocent girls in Sierra Leone: Gal pikin im smol wan no de. 

This idiom captures cultural values and perceptions about girlhood in Sierra Leone. It fuels harmful practices against girls that make them victims of sexual violence, underage pregnancy, and child marriage.