but not all citizens are participating in the country's new opportunities. 15 year old, ilsa guambe, is one of them. announcer: ilsa, then just 13 years old was unable to continue school. in rural mozambique, moving in with a boyfriend's parents constitutes a marriage. more than half the girls the country are married before the age of 18, one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. avina: well the story of this teenage girl is of course so sad in a country that has so much hope, um with their new dawn, that she doesn't have an education. that perhaps the family doesn't have an education which in turn would have made her better and more equipped to deal with relationships and not end up in the situation that she did. this is part of what we are trying to promote is that everyone gets an education. um, and therefore, are empowered to take the decisions that they need to. uh, but also to move governments to put in legislature that actually protects girls. malala: let us pick up our books and our pens, they are our most powerful weapons. one child, one teacher, one book and o