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    <title>NPR: familiy planning</title>
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    <description>familiy planning</description>
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      <title>Family Planning In Senegal: Which Imam Do You Listen To?</title>
      <description>In the village of Mereto, one imam is in favor of family planning while the other is not. Ngour Sen and his two wives, with a total of 11 children, knew which leader&apos;s advice they wanted to follow.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2014/12/29/372741067/family-planning-in-senegal-which-imam-do-you-listen-to</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/12/23/npr-mereto-001_slide-c5a7b2b938cb1db8715fa4920d78121b11f8f211.jpg' alt='"This is the last one," says Yassin Diouf, 40, holding her youngest child. "God help me to stop here." She has given birth 10 times; six of the children have survived. She and her family live in the village of Mereto in Senegal. "Maybe [family planning] is forbidden by Islam, but women are so tired of giving birth. If you have the permission of your husband, I think it's good."'/><p>In the village of Mereto, one imam is in favor of family planning while the other is not. Ngour Sen and his two wives, with a total of 11 children, knew which leader's advice they wanted to follow.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=372741067' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Allyn Gaestel</dc:creator>
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