AlertNet: Rosimere Lopes knows what she does not want in life. The 23-year-old, who lives in Cachoeirinha, a hillside slum in Rio's gritty North Zone, was born when her mother was just 16, and grew up taking care of her five younger brothers and sisters while her mother worked. As a result of missing so much education, she's still trying to finish high school. But she has accomplished one important thing -- she has no children of her own yet, despite having a regular boyfriend. "My mother got pregnant...
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