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Girls empowerment

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11 October 2023

South Asian officials, legislators, girls and campaigners commit to advancing girls’ rights

UNICEF and partners call for greater investment for 170 million adolescent girls living in South Asia, many of whom are out of school, married too young and undernourished

Adolescent girls sitting together

Empowering Women and Girls for a prosperous South Asia

Gender Annual Results Report for South Asia 2022

Files available for download (1)

Gender Annual Results Report for South Asia 2022 (PDF, 3 MB)

Tahmina

Tahmina takes a stand against child marriage

“My mother got married when she was just 13 herself and she did not want that life for me,” says Tahmina.

UNICEF staff interacting with young girls and staff at the drop-in centre

A hopeful space for girls to create brighter futures

Empowering vulnerable girls in Nepal to stand on their own feet.

Bangladeshi adolescent girls - Kohinur, Sadia, Sharmin, Sumaiya, and Samila

13 January 2023

Rewriting the Narrative with and for Adolescent Girls

Framework for South Asia 2022-2025

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Rewriting the Narrative for the Second Decade with and for Adolescent Girls (PDF, 13 MB)

Design in Mozhdah's illustration diary

"Our situation is like sad music that plays for a moment"

Young digital illustrator Mozhdah depicts a year in history for girls and women in Afghanistan

Fatima

“My future is uncertain and worrying”

Amidst her changing country, one UNICEF ‘Changemaker’ reflects on her future as an athlete and as a woman in Afghanistan

Hadisa

"My dreams are shattered"

UNICEF ‘Changemaker’ Hadisa reflects on her two lost companies and the future of her sister’s education

Nida Mumtaz

Improving access to water and sanitation in rural Punjab

UNICEF and the United Kingdom’s FCDO empower girls to bring about positive change in their community

Basant Lal and his eight daughters

Men break taboos and lead conversations around menstruation

In a village where talking about menstruation was considered a taboo, Basant obliges his daughters if they need sanitary napkins