Mothers too young
As rain patters away on a flimsy tin roof in Alieu, in the rocky highlands of Timor-Leste, baby Afeena lies sleeping. On the shanty walls, pieces of cardboard are tacked up to give warmth, while across a window a piece of paper-thin fabric blows gently. “I knew a little bit about how a baby is made, but not too much,’ confides Natalia, Afeena’s 19…