Another School Barrier for Girls in sub-Saharan Africa: No Toilet |
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All photographs, Vanessa Vick for The New York Times |
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| In sub-Saharan Africa, enrollment among primary school-aged girls is 8 percent lower than among boys, according to United Nations Children's Fund, Unicef. | |
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| Mesert Mesfin, 17, said that when her menstrual period began at school, where there were no toilets or water, she had no choice but to run home. | |
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| Fatimah's mother, Amine Worku, never had the opportunity to go to school. | |
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| Fatimah said she did not want to miss a single class because she wanted to be a teacher. But, she added, she does not have a lot of backing from her friends. "Most of my frieds dropped out to get married," she said. | |
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| Fatimah Bamun, left, said Eko, 12, always asks her about school. Eko attended school until her family gave her to the Bamun family as a servant. | |
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| Eko was an avid second-grader before being sent to the Bamun household as a servant. " "I liked school very much, it would have been better to stay in school," she said. | |
