Ethiopia's work with adolescent girls has garnered first prize in a Fund-wide contest to identify good practices related to adolescents and youth. Criteria included relevance (to UNFPA's strategic plan), innovation (in its approaches), impact (as demonstrated by positive and tangible results) and replicability (whether it can be effectively scaled up). The following feature story, and related box, explain how this model project amply fulfills those criteria. BAHIR DAR, … [Read more...]
Ethiopian Girls celebrate a Safer Transition to Adulthood
January 23, 2013 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AFRICA, Contributors, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa Youth and Sports Bureau, African girls, Award-Winning Programme, Berhane Hewan, Biruh Tesfa, celebrate a Safer Transition to Adulthood, Ethiopian Girls, forced sex, girls, HIV awareness, in Amharic, including HIV, life skills, Light for Eve, premature pregnancy, promotes functional literacy, reproductive health education, Safer Transition to Adulthood, sexually transmitted infection, Sports Bureau, Strategic Plan, Take Action, teen-aged girls, The Amhara Region in Ethiopia, UN, UNFPA, West Gojjam Zone, women taking action, women., youth of action
“Put yourself in my shoes”: a human trafficking victim speaks out
November 29, 2012 by Team Celebration
November 2012 - Women make up two-thirds of the world's human trafficking victims. The vast majority of these female victims are young women who are lured with false promises of employment and are then imprisoned, beaten or threatened with violence, have debt imposed and are stripped of all control over their lives. On the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women which is being held by the UN in New York today, we present the brave testimonial of … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CA-- USES, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FEATURED, FORMER SOVIET UNION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, WOMEN Taking ACTION, WORLD ISSUES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: "Put yourself in my shoes", A Celebration of Women, a human trafficking victim speaks out, asia, Asian girls, forced sex, girls, hostage, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, Malaysia, Malaysian girls, Malaysian women, passports, porn, prostitution, rape, sex slaves, sex trade, sexual assault, women.
