Hope for the Girl Child: A Briefing Paper to the UN Commission on the Status of Women at its 51st session

Submitted by crinadmin on Thu, 22/02/2007 - 04:42

Summary: "Hope for the Girl Child" shares some of World Vision’s programmes and the lessons learned through their work to improve the status of the girl child. Reports from World Vision El Salvador, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Armenia, India and Ghana, describe the context and the significant challenges facing girls, as well as some of the promising practices and recommendations for upholding their rights through education, empowerment, community change and the elimination of discrimination and violence.

Further information

51st session of the Commission on the Status of Women: Violence against girls (26 February - 9 March 2007)
Human Rights Watch: Violence against Girls: The 51st UN Commission on the Status of Women
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children: Ending legalised violence against girls

Owner: World Vision pdf: http://www.globalempowerment.org/PolicyAdvocacy/pahome2.5.nsf/cractionne...$file/CSW2007_WEB.pdf

Organisation:

World Vision International - International Liaison Office

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http://www.globalempowerment.org/PolicyAdvocacy/pahome2.5.nsf/cractionnews/9F...

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http://www.globalempowerment.org/

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