UN agencies equip refugees girls with SRHR information
Rosemary Ardayfio 0 minutes read
Two hundred girls in three refugee camps in the Western and Central regions have benefitted from a Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) information and legal literacy training.
Organised under a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee United (UNHCR) partnership, the programme was to enhance the knowledge and skills of adolescent refugee girls to exercise their sexual rights and also identify service delivery points for addressing Sexual and Gender Based Violence(SGBV) and human rights abuses.
Joint programme
It is part of a UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme, funded by Global Affairs Canada, which seeks to harmonise efforts, particularly with other UN agencies to address the identified gaps and challenges affecting adolescent girls; and concentrate on areas where those UN agencies could make the most valuable contributions.
The programme has been designed to su