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Deeply concerned also about discrimination against the girl child and the violation of the rights of the girl child, which often result in less access for girls to education, and to quality education, nutrition and physical and mental health care, in girls enjoying fewer of the rights, opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence than boys, and in leaving them more vulnerable than boys to the consequences of unprotected and premature sexual relations and often being subjected to various forms of cultural, social, sexual and economic exploitation and violence, abuse, rape, incest, honour-related crimes and harmful

Deeply concerned about all forms of violence against children, in particular about phenomena that disproportionately affect girls, such as

A number of projects directed towards providing assistance to victims of forms of slavery linked to

Noting with concern that in some areas of the world men outnumber women as a result, in part, of harmful attitudes and practices, such as female genital mutilation, son preference, which results in female

Human Rights Watch underlined the need for the Government to make girls’ education a priority, strengthen measures to prevent violence

The present report provides an overview of the programmatic work of UNFPA related to maternal and newborn care, investing in family planning and midwifery, enhancing reproductive health commodity security, preventing and treating obstetric fistula, abandoning the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting, eliminating gender-based

Enact and enforce laws and policies on the minimum age of

Putting an end to obstetric fistula necessitates addressing its medical and socio-economic determinants, from access to quality maternal health services to the elimination of

Recognizing that early childbearing continues to be an impediment to the improvement of the educational and social status of

While 2008 marked the beginning of progress towards addressing certain harmful social practices in a number of countries, the past year constituted a phase of acceleration and expansion, including for the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting set up in 2007 by the United Nations Population Fund and UNICEF, as well as

It affects girls and women at every point in their lives and ranges from sex-selective abortion and infanticide, inadequate health care and

Also calls upon States, with the support of international organizations, civil society and non-governmental organizations, as appropriate, to develop policies and programmes, giving priority to formal and informal education programmes that support girls and enable them to acquire knowledge, develop self-esteem and take responsibility for their own lives, and to place special focus on programmes to educate women and men, especially parents, about the importance of girls’ physical

The General Assembly called upon States to support and implement, including with dedicated resources, multisectoral

Important progress was achieved in 2011 by: (a) improving data collection and research on violence against children; (b) expanding programmes to address violence in the home, in schools and in early childhood; (c) increasing awareness about sexual violence; (d) consolidating technical expertise for programmes to

While stipends promoting girls’ enrolment are important, they must be accompanied by broader measures addressing other concerns of particular importance to women, such as

It can take many forms, from physical abuse, to sexual harassment and abuse, abuse by persons in authority such as teachers, employers or police officers, trafficking and

While noting the monitoring and review by the tri-partite committee and subcommittees of marriage

In 2011, the Clinton Global Initiative continued to encourage discussion on investments and solutions in this area, and The Elders launched Girls Not Brides, a global