Last week, the world celebrated the International Day of the Girl Child. Progress for adolescent girls has not kept pace with the realities they face today, and COVID-19 has reinforced many of these gaps. Data shows women and girls are especially vulnerable in the face of COVID-19. UN teams across the globe recognize the urgency to protect and support women and girls, especially right now, and are taking every measure to do so.
As part of its work towards ending child marriage and gender-based violence in Niger, the Spotlight Initiative partners with young women activists in Niger to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child.
Roma people in Europe face widespread discrimination in many areas of life, including housing and health. In this piece, Francoise Jacob, the UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia, explains how the UN is helping Roma communities.
A new joint programme has been established in Costa Rica to provide tools to social co-managers for basic protection for families and women's economic autonomy in three cantons.
Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are harmed physically or psychologically, with the full knowledge and consent of their
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