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A race for rights: How sport is helping protect girls in Uganda

A race for rights: How sport is helping protect girls in Uganda

On a red running track in eastern Uganda, coach Zuena Cheptoek is doing more than training runners. For many girls in the Sebei subregion, she is also a confidante, a mentor and first line of protection against female genital mutilation, child marriage and abuse.

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