(Oct. 11, 2014) Two years ago, the United Nations inaugurated the International Day of the Girl, commemorated on Oct. 11, to put girls’ rights at the center of development efforts with a focus on ending child marriage. Last year, the UN and partnering organizations promoted girls’ education. This year’s theme is “Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence.” PRB recognizes the importance of investing in and empowering adolescent girls to prevent and ultimately end the cycle of gender-based violence.
Explore PRB’s content on the progress made toward empowering girls and the challenges that still remain.
- Data on Attitude Toward Wife-Beating Among Young Women, in DataFinder
- World’s Youth 2013 Data Sheet
- Noncommunicable Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: Youth Are Key to Prevention
- Ending Child Marriage in the Arab Region
- The Lancet Series on Adolescent Health Fact Sheets
- A Vision for the Health and Well-Being of Malawi’s Young People
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And PRB’s Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) has several resources: