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UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at left, with students at the Federal Government Girls College Abaji in Abuja, Nigeria on May 18, 2014. Also pictured, at left, Dr. Macjohn Nwaobiala, Representative of the Minister of Education and, at right, Hajiya Zainab Maina, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development of Nigeria. Photo:

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