Girls

A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When she becomes an adult, she is described as a woman. The term girl may also be used to mean a young woman, and is sometimes used as a synonym for daughter. Girl may also be a term of endearment used by an adult, usually a woman, to designate adult female friends. The treatment and status of girls in any society is usually closely related to the status of women in that culture. In cultures where women have a low societal position, girls may be unwanted by …

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World Bank Group · 3 May 2024 English

severe among vulnerable groups such as women and girls with disabilities. The highlands of the Mountain


EU: European Union · 3 May 2024 English

eliminate all kinds of violence against women and girls around the world. Thanks to the budget that you


ACAPS · 3 May 2024 English

2024 Impact of the war in Gaza on the sexual and reproductive health and health rights of women and girls CRISIS OVERVIEW centres not functional (62 out of 88) (WHO and Health Cluster 02/05/2024). [...] The likely to have increased because of the lack of Prior to 7 October 2023, at least 94,000 women and girls lacked access to SRH services (UNFPA healthcare access (KII 29/04/2024; KII 15/04/2024). [...] Miscarriages lack of access to healthcare resources, hygiene products, safe spaces, and education makes women and girls vulnerable to a range of negative outcomes, including maternal and newborn deaths, sexually transmitted

reproductive health and health rights of women and girls CRISIS OVERVIEW centres not functional (62 out of Prior to 7 October 2023, at least 94,000 women and girls lacked access to SRH services (UNFPA healthcare funding obstacles and an overall affect women and girls. They face challenges such as lack of privacy; limited int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/forgotten-women-and-girls-gaza-sexual-and-reproductive-health-catastrophe infections further aggravate the situation for women and girls living in extremely overcrowded shelters (IPPF 30/10/2023)


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 2 May 2024 English

This publication looks at ways ADB can harness artificial intelligence (AI) to improve its internal processes and help countries in Asia and the Pacific better anticipate and prepare for growing …

surge in domestic violence cases against women and girls since the pandemic started.6 Mongolia, where approximately


EU: European Union · 2 May 2024 Italian

rapporteur. – Madam President, today many women and girls live in fear and despair, bleeding in body and support to all those committed to protect women and girls – authorities, civil society – and we pay tribute against this tragedy, affecting millions of women and girls individually and society as a whole, all over Europe killing; and sexual grooming of vulnerable white girls by Asian men. There is an enormous reluctance to


World Bank Group · 2 May 2024 English

th e Designing the implementat ion for Boys and Girls Scienc e and leadership Program. IDA / 72580 Strengthen


RIA: Research ICT Africa · 2 May 2024 English

The concept of financial inclusion underscores the importance of access to, the use of, and the quality of financial products and services. [...] The analysis highlights the importance of demand-side …

(“Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”), SDG 9 (“Build resilient infrastructure, promote


UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 2 May 2024 English

The forests of the Bamougoum Chiefdom in the western highlands of Cameroon have been sacred grounds for generations. Renowned for their natural beauty and rich biodiversity, these landscapes are also …

change also disproportionately affect women and girls, who have fewer resources to adapt to changing conditions


World Bank Group · 2 May 2024 English

People who experience some form of cognitive, intellectual, psychosocial, sensorial and or physical disabilities are particularly vulnerable to poverty and suffer disproportionately from social and economic stigma. The intensification of …

disability inclusion are interrelated: women and girls with disabilities tend to experience higher rates maltreatment, and exploitation than women and girls without disabilities16. Correspondingly, efforts 152, citing to Human Rights Watch, “Women and girls with disabilities”, available at: http://hrw.org/women/ accessible toilet for each gender: men/boys and women/ girls. • Where there are several universally accessible


Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry · 2 May 2024 English

In the aftermath of the October 7 war crimes committed by Hamas, the world has seen the worst wave of antisemitic incidents since the end of the Second World War. …

same period in 2022), including Jewish school girls having food thrown on them in Sydney, a Jewish cyclist


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