This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Social Issues has 16 clues. Answers range from 3 to 20 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Country with the highest rate of child marriage and teen pregnancy
Young girls who are pregnant and unmarried are often shamed into this
Another barrier to a girl's education and a cause for Africa's rapidly growing population
Many schools in Africa do not have this, and if they do, they are likely not gender separate
This makes it difficult for girls to attend school because of school fees and the cost of supplies
An example of this is the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, or the sexual assault of a young schoolgirl
Girls cannot attend school when on their ____ because of the lack of bathrooms and sanitary products
Many schools have no ___ _____, so girls don't know how to prevent unwanted pregnancies or STDs
Africa has the world's largest ____ shortage, who are needed to educate others
Especially in areas of poverty, girls are valued for their ____ and _____ rather than knowledge.
If a family cannot afford to send all its children to school, they will often send their ___ while the girls stay home.
Africa has almost 200 ___ for every 1,000 adolescent girls.
An education makes it more likely for girls to find a stable ___
Africa has deeply engrained _______ ______ that simply don't support the education of girls or support that they should become wives and mothers instead.
Many schools will _____ pregnant students.
low rates of education help keep Africa poor and feed this _____