UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

Purpose

The project reduces barriers to access and retention for more than 700,000 girls and adolescent girls between the ages of 10 to 19 in the North-East, West and Central regions of Côte d'Ivoire and the Abidjan district (Abobo and Yopougon-Songon). Project activities include: (1) training leaders of women's and youth organizations on advocacy for compulsory schooling and girls' enrolment; (2) improving access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services; (3) building the capacity of structures to prevent and respond to gender-based violence; and (4) training educators on the design of educational materials, taking into account gender and disability.