CHINA KICHA, Costa Rica – Cheymi Gallardo Sánchez became a mother at age 15. In her rural community in the Cabécar indigenous territory, deep in the Talamanca mountains, adolescent motherhood is common. Talamanca is one of the cantons with the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in Costa Rica.

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