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Adolescent Girls in Disaster & Conflict
Abstract:
Adolescent girls are overlooked in turbulent times of disaster and conflict. Traumatized, constrained by tradition, torn from school and family structures and familiar social networks they can be lost in the crowd in a refugee camp or disrupted community. We must look harder to see the realities of girls aged 10 to 19, include them in humanitarian programming, and plan interventions that restore health and hope at a critical time between childhood and adulthood. Millions of adolescent girls are in need of humanitarian assistance – displaced by conflict or uprooted by disaster. A crisis heightens their vulnerability to gender-based violence, unwanted pregnancy, HIV infection, maternal death and disability, early and forced marriage, rape, trafficking, and sexual exploitation and abuse. To meet their needs and respect their rights, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, provides operational, programmatic and technical support for adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) as part of its humanitarian programming. #UNFPA #2016 #ADOLESCENCE #WOMEN #EMPOWERMENT
Publisher: UNFPA Type / Script:
Publication  in  English
Keywords:
 ADOLESCENTS, BOYS, CHILDREN, WOMEN, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUTH, FEMINISM, RURAL WOMEN, SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL POLICY, WOMEN, WOMEN'S EDUCATION, WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT, WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, WOMEN'S STATUS
Thematic Group:
UNFPA, (2016)
Thesaurus:
14.01.00 - Advancement Of Women
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