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<p>The UK Government regularly raises concerns about child, early and forced marriage
with the Government of Sierra Leone. Most recently the British High Commissioner to
Sierra Leone raised the issue with the President in October 2018. We welcome the Government
of Sierra Leone’s new National Strategy for the Reduction of Adolescent Pregnancy
and Child Marriage, which was launched in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Empowering
adolescent girls is a priority for the UK in Sierra Leone. We are supporting work
to keep girls in school and reduce rates of child marriage, including through the
global programme Action Against Child Marriage.</p>
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