By Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
Take a moment to imagine a 10-year-old girl right now. What do you see? Is she in school? Is she laughing with friends? Do you imagine her riding a bike or playing ball? On roller skates or en pointe in ballet class? With her nose in a book or her eyes on a chess board?
The United Nations Population Fund’s flagship State of World Population 2016 – titled ‘10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age’– shows that our collective future will be shaped by how we support the world’s 60 million 10-year-old girls of today, as they move from childhood to adolescence and adulthood in the era of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
No. of pages : 6
Publication date : 16/10/2016
Author : UNFPA GCC
UNFPA GCC July-September 2016 highlights some important topics, including the training workshop held for Ministry of Social Development staff featuring puppet shadow theatre, a refresher training held for Oman Y-PEERs, UNFPA GCC participation in the Country Co-operation Strategy (CCS) 2016-2022 of WHO and the Government of Oman, UNFPA GCC participation in the celebration of the International Day of Non-Violence held by Raj Yoga Center in Muscat and UNFPA ED statement on World Contraception Day.
Making Girls Count in the Sustainable Development Goals Era
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2016
“Is anyone out there even thinking of improving our lives?” asks Susmita, a teenager from Odisha, India.
Honorable Ms. K. D. M Chandrani Bandara
Minister of Women and Child Affairs Ministry of Women and Child Affairs
5th Floor, Sethsiripaya Stagg II Battaramulla
Hon. Minister,
No. of pages : 102
Publication date : 01/01/2016
Author : Humanitarian Country Team - Iraq
During 2015, the Humanitarian Country Team supported the national
effort, preparing one of the most highly prioritized appeals
launched in the region. Partners, supported generously by donors,
have worked around the clock to reach people under siege,
help newly displaced seek safety, provide life-saving support
to families at extreme risk, and deliver assistance to returnees.
Unfortunately, all indicators point to a worsening situation. Iraq,
a country devastated by years of violence and conflict, is experiencing
No. of pages : 35
Publisher : UNFPA, American University in Beirut
Publication date : 01/12/2014
Author : Dr. Faysal El-Kak
The choice of partner and appropriate timing for marriage is one of the most important life decisions that an individual should make for his/her self. No
“Is anyone out there even thinking of improving our lives?” asks Susmita, a teenager from Odisha, India.
Susmita has never gone to school. She tends the few animals her family owns and attends to household chores. Like more than one in three girls in her community, she may be married before turning 18. She dreams about going to school – even just for one day.
