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    "content": ", and internet; all these things that our children have access to. Of course, I do not think we can run away from that in our present age, but I think we could help our children to understand what they should expose themselves to. The explosive movies and all these have contributed to this menace. Of course, the biggest of the contributors is poverty. The increase in poverty incidents has directly contributed to this menace because our girls are tempted to look for opportunities to make money and earn themselves a livelihood. In the process, these are the consequences. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, rather than blame the girl child, we need to appreciate that we have all contributed to creating an environment which makes them very vulnerable. Rather than blame them, I think we should take responsibility for what we have helped to create ourselves. We have a duty to educate the youth on the consequences of early sex and unnecessary pregnancies. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we were told that early pregnancies actually pose a danger to the health of the girl child. We were told this afternoon that up to 10,000 girls die in a year because of complications in pregnancies. This should be a worrying statistic – 10,000 people losing their lives in a year – which is more than all the road accidents on our highways that we have been talking about. It is even more than those who are killed through HIV/AIDS and more than any epidemic we have known in the last few years. This is a matter that we should be concerned about. I think this issue should be brought out to our young people so that they can understand---"
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