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Gender rights
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Gender Equality
Equal rights and opportunities for girls and boys help all children their potential.
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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on reported restrictions on Afghan women’s education in medical faculties
NEW YORK, 4 December 2024 –, “I am deeply alarmed by reports that the de facto authorities in Afghanistan plan to ban women from studying in medical faculties, including fields critical to the health of women and children such as nursing, midwifery, and gynaecology. “UNICEF is still determining the veracity of the...
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Harnessing women’s groups and movements to advance women’s nutrition rights
In South Asia, one in five women are underweight and one in two are anaemic. Women's groups have been instrumental in improving maternal and child health and nutrition. This study explores pathways through which women’s groups can enhance nutritional outcomes and the potential of women’s movements in addressing so...
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South Asian officials, legislators, girls and campaigners commit to advancing girls’ rights
KATHMANDU/ NEW DELHI, 11 October 2023: , More than 60, government officials, parliament members, adolescent girls and women and girl-led civil society organizations from eight countries came together to advance adolescent girls’ rights in South Asia. Participants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldiv...
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A female health worker’s service despite countless challenges
NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN, - With her two-year-old son, Musavi, tucked in her lap, Sadia Khan rushes through a health centre hallway. Upon reaching the dressing room, she carefully places her son on a stool before tending to an injured patient's dressing. Despite a chaotic environment, her son remains calm as he watches his mother provide medical care to the patient. Sadia…
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Rewriting the Narrative for the Second Decade with and for Adolescent Girls
One third of adolescent girls from around the world (616 million children in South Asia, approximately 295 million are girls) live in South Asia. Human rights are protected in the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and ar...
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Restricting female humanitarians from working and female students from access to education in Afghanistan is a ‘blatant violation of fundamental human rights’
NEW YORK, 25 December 2022 – “, UNICEF strongly condemns the recent decree issued by the Taliban de facto authorities banning all female humanitarian workers at national and international NGOs from working across Afghanistan. This decision is a blatant violation of obligations under international humanitarian law and the most fundamental human rights of women in Afghanistan. It…
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Gender Equality
Challenge, Of the 625 million children in South Asia, approximately 295 million (nearly 50 per cent) are girls. , Heartbreakingly, most girls in South Asia have to constantly contend with patriarchal values and harmful gender norms that prioritize men and boys over them. These deep-seeded forces and attitudes ...
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Rising to the Challenge
Abstract: The report showcases experiences and perceptions of young people in Afghanistan related to climate change impacts on their education, on climate change learning and their needs to become effective and confident agents of change. Key findings are described below: 32% of respondents in Afghanistan reported...
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Asia-Pacific Generation Equality Journey
The Action Coalitions | Generation Equality Forum has been mobilizing governments, women’s, feminist and youth-led organizations, international organizations, and the private sector to catalyze collective action; spark global and local conversations among generations; drive increased public and private investmen...
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Rising to the Challenge
Abstract: The report showcases experiences and perceptions of young people in India related to climate change impacts on their education, on climate change learning and their needs to become effective and confident agents of change. Key findings are described below: 64% of respondents in India reported that they ...
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Gender-responsive Education in the Context of COVID-19
Abstract Despite promising progress towards universal primary and basic education, the number of out-of-school children in South Asia were staggering even before COVID. The framework highlights the gender-responsive strategies and actions that can be carried out at school and in alternative education settings for ...