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An uplifting scene of young girls in Afghanistan
Providing adolescent girls with opportunities to play and engage in sports activities is one of the means to addressing barriers to girls’ education in Afg
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Healthcare in the highlands
“I had a nail embedded in my palm when I fell, but I didn’t even notice. I just wanted to find my son and daughter.”
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Pre-school for children of nomads in Bhutan's remote...
This is the first time that an ECCD has been set-up at such a remote and hard-to-reach community on a high altitude.
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6 Key Pathways for Change for Gender Mainstreaming...
Negative gender norms and barriers prevail to varying degrees across the South Asia region.
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20 May 2019
1 in 7 babies worldwide born with a low birthweight - The Lancet Global Health, UNICEF, WHO
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A girl’s fear, and a source of distress
Living in a dark and cold room in an internally displaced camp, Badro,10, was not cheerful like other girls of her age.
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