Empowering Women and Girls
The UN Foundation’s Women and Population program has helped elevate the cause of adolescent girls on the international development agenda and delivered millions of dollars for girls health and livelihood programs. We have helped strengthen the capacity of UNFPA, the UN Population Fund in such areas as commodities management, resource mobilization and HIV/AIDS prevention. The stories below helped demonstrate our commitment to advancing reproductive health on behalf of economic development and social justice.
STORIES OF IMPACT
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A shining example of a woman's work
Area of Involvement: Women & Population
(Part four of Elizabeth Gore's blog series on Ethiopia) It was a pleasure to visit Sesuagno Mola, who lives in a small village one hour outside of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Hosted by the Berhane Hewan project aimed at ending child marriage, we visited women who were married young and are now part of a non-formal, UNFPA-sponsored education project for married girls.
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Could you survive on 13 liters of water a day?
Area of Involvement: Women & Population; Sustainable Development
(Part seven of Elizabeth Gore's blog series on Ethiopia) Driving to the Mai-Aini UNHCR refugee camp, two things struck me: the beautiful but barren mountains, and the dozens of broken-down tanks left behind from war. A young interpreter from Axum shared with me his theory that water is the reason for war.
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Girls are the future of Ethiopia
Area of Involvement: Women & Population
(Part three of Elizabeth Gore's blog series on Ethiopia) I am sitting in the small village of Lalibela, a sub-district of Achefer in Ethiopia. Two sets of beautiful eyes are staring at me. They belong to two young girls who are astonished that I got married at 30 years old and that I don’t have children.
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Issues of Girls and Women Throughout Davos 2010
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