This briefing paper to
the member states of the Commission on the Status of Women at its 51st
session shares some of World Vision’s programmes and lessons learned
through our work to improve the status of the girl child. Reports from
five countries (El Salvador, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Armenia,
India and Ghana) describe the context and the significant challenges
facing girls, as well as some promising practices and recommendations for
upholding their rights through education, empowerment, community change
and eliminating discrimination and violence. World Vision calls upon all
governments to address the problem of gender inequity, by providing a
framework through which states can act, and citizens and development
actors can help hold them accountable. Read
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World Vision's submission to the 2007 Commission on the
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