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Girl Goals: What Has Changed for Girls? Adolescent Girls' Rights over 30 Years

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Title: Girl Goals: What Has Changed for Girls? Adolescent Girls' Rights over 30 Years
Language: English
Authors: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Source: UNICEF. 2025.
Availability: UNICEF. 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017. Tel: 212-326-7000; Fax: 212-887-7465; Web site: http://www.unicef.org/education
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 72
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Gender Issues, Foreign Countries, Civil Rights, Feminism, Adolescents, Achievement Gains, Birth Rate, Gender Discrimination, Gender Bias, Civil Rights Legislation, Gender Differences, Violence, Educational Discrimination, Interpersonal Relationship, Barriers, Family Planning, Marriage, Children, Human Body, Time Perspective, Educational Policy
Geographic Terms: China (Beijing)
Abstract: In the three decades since the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action was endorsed by 189 countries, remarkable gains have been made for adolescent girls across key domains--from rising school completion rates to legal reforms that strengthen their rights, to reductions in the number of adolescent girls giving birth. Yet, glaring gaps remain: nearly 1 in 4 adolescent girls (150 million) still live in countries that do not grant them the same legal rights as boys to inherit assets from their parents, millions remain out of school, and child marriage, female genital mutilation, sexual violence and intimate partner violence persist.?Moreover, the progress that has been made has been uneven across regions. This report explores what has changed for adolescent girls over the past three decades and what has not, highlighting the current status of girls when trend data are not available.?To ensure every girl's rights to thrive, a set of policy recommendations are made. These look at feasible models and approaches that can help us accelerate progress towards our SDG commitments for adolescent girls, taking into account fiscal constraints and the array of urgent issues countries face today. [This report was co-produced by UN Women and Plan International.]
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Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED671590
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In the three decades since the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action was endorsed by 189 countries, remarkable gains have been made for adolescent girls across key domains--from rising school completion rates to legal reforms that strengthen their rights, to reductions in the number of adolescent girls giving birth. Yet, glaring gaps remain: nearly 1 in 4 adolescent girls (150 million) still live in countries that do not grant them the same legal rights as boys to inherit assets from their parents, millions remain out of school, and child marriage, female genital mutilation, sexual violence and intimate partner violence persist.?Moreover, the progress that has been made has been uneven across regions. This report explores what has changed for adolescent girls over the past three decades and what has not, highlighting the current status of girls when trend data are not available.?To ensure every girl's rights to thrive, a set of policy recommendations are made. These look at feasible models and approaches that can help us accelerate progress towards our SDG commitments for adolescent girls, taking into account fiscal constraints and the array of urgent issues countries face today. [This report was co-produced by UN Women and Plan International.]