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15 February 1998
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Preventing child marriage
Overview Child marriages are illegal but widespread in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s minimum age of marriage for girls is 16 or 15 well below the internationally recommended…
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15 February 1998
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Involving the health sector
Overview A UNFPA-commissioned assessment of services for survivors of gender-based violence in Nangahar, Bamiyan and Kabul provinces found that health care facilities are often…
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06 February 1998
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Strengthening youth participation and leadership
UNFPA strengthens representation from youth networks in government policy dialogue, including in committees and consultations. UNFPA helps to institutionalize the involvement of…
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06 February 1998
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Data for development and planning
It has been a UNFPA priority since 2010 to provide funding, equipment, capacity building and technical support in planning, collecting, analysing and processing survey and…
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06 February 1998
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UNFPA: Linking population, policies and development
Overview Accurate information on population trends is essential for sound policies which affect the daily lives and wellbeing of millions in Afghanistan…
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06 February 1998
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Strengthening youth participation and leadership
UNFPA strengthens representation from youth networks in government policy dialogue, including in committees and consultations. UNFPA helps to institutionalize the involvement of…
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06 February 1998
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Supporting data-based decision-making
By working with parliamentarians, UNFPA brings attention to, and understanding of, the need for using high quality population data. In Afghanistan, where the first crucial steps…
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04 February 1998
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Mainstreaming youth friendly services
The health needs of young people often differ from those of the general population, including in terms of sexual and reproductive health. It is necessary that health care…
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04 February 1998
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Increasing access to family life education
In Afghanistan most young people have limited access to comprehensive family life education (FLE) which is critical for their development into healthy and productive adults…
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