UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

Purpose

P007019001: 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. P007019002: 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). This project is providing additional funds in response to the immediate needs for education and gender-based violence generated by the coronavirus (COVID-19). Project activities include: (1) developing a distance learning monitoring system; (2) producing national educational resources in digital form for broadcast on radio/television; and (3) supporting the continuity of essential social services for the protection of women and girls.