"Realizing aspirations of the adolescent girls through art and one to one interaction with Senior officials" was the core focus for the International Day of the Girl Child observed at Jaipur, Rajasthan by the Directorate of Women Empowerment , Department of Women and Child Development in partnership with UNFPA and UNICEF.
Child marriage
Country Programme Document - Sri Lanka (2018-2022)
No. of pages : 7
Publication date : 13/10/2017
Author : UNFPA
The Country Programme Document outlines the United Nations Population Fund's mandate and scope of work for the five year period from 2018-2022.
The document has been cleared by the Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs.
Girls today enjoy better life prospects than previous generations in many ways. Prosperity and nutrition are improving, child marriage and teenage pregnancy are declining, and female educational attainment and participation in the labour force are on the rise.
However, these advances are far from universal and are increasingly tenuous in many parts of the world. The poorest—particularly girls—are often left behind, their rights undermined.
In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution adopting 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child, recognizing girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. This year, the theme of the day is EmPOWER Girls: Before, during and after crises.
The theme for this year’s International Day of the Girl Child, on 11 October, “Girls’ Progress = Goals’ Progress: A Global Girl Data Movement”, is a call for action for increased investment in collecting and analyzing girl-focused, girl-relevant and sex-disaggregated data.
UNFPA is a key stakeholder in the rights and well-being of women and girls globally, and a key contributor to the International Day of the Girl Child and beyond.
UNFPA Afghanistan Newsletter Volume II Issue I 2017
No. of pages : 7
Publisher : UNFPA Afghanistan
Publication date : 20/09/2017
Author : UNFPA Afghanistan
UNFPA is the United Nations agency which leads global efforts to help ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
As part of the workshop held with our Change Agents in Kalwa (Thane, Maharashtra), SNEHA team working with adolescent girls supported by UNFPA India conducted a safety audit exercise with 36 participants on 16th September, 2017.
An energizer exercise was conducted with the girls, who were asked to enact scenes from within the community, with alcohol shops, tea stalls, toilets, cigarette shops. They were then asked to talk about how and why they felt unsafe in these kinds of spaces.
Country Programme in China
UNFPA started working with the Chinese Government in 1979. The launching of UNFPA’s first Country Programme in China marked the first time that the Chinese Government received assistance from any international agency in relation to population issues.
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A New Approach: Youth Enterprise Model 2.0
No. of pages : 2
Publication date : 13/09/2017
Author : UNFPA Uganda
UNFPA Uganda is supporting the government of Uganda through local governments and civil society organizations to strengthen integration of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services in youth enterprises and promotion of livelihoods for out of school young people. UNFPA’s contribution is premised on the fact that sexual and reproductive health is a major facilitator for economic empowerment. Innovation and creativity at UNFPA has been a corporate priority since 2014. For the last five years UNFPA has been implementing the “Youth Enterprise Model” (YEM)
In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution adopting 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child, recognizing girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.
