{"id":161419,"date":"2016-09-14T18:19:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/whats-it-like-to-be-a-16-year-old-girl-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T22:02:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T22:02:43","slug":"whats-it-like-to-be-a-16-year-old-girl-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/whats-it-like-to-be-a-16-year-old-girl-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s it like to be a 16-year-old girl in Kenya?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Monica from Nairobi, Kenya:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takepart.com\/16-in-16?cmpid=tp-ptnr-one#Monica\">Monica describes herself<\/a> as kind, helpful, and passionate about reading and girls&rsquo; education. She attends a boarding school eight hours away from her home in the hopes of one day becoming a journalist. 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