INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR GIRLS c/o NGO Committee on UNICEF, UNICEF HOUSE 3 UN Plaza, TA-24A, New York, NY 10017 e-mail: sfriedman@hqfaus01.unicef.org - fax 212-824-6466

Government Progress For Girls In Follow-Up To Beijing Platform For Action

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Major focus of organization (service, advocacy ...): International Regional National Local

Has your government made any specific commitments to girls based on the Beijing Platform of  Action? If so, What?

Has there been progress on these commitments? On national, district and local level? Please Explain.

Issues:	Progress	Describe Government Action or Reasons for lack of progress for Girls
Education Rights
Primary Education	Yes No
Secondary Education	Yes No
Curriculum in Science and Math	Yes No
Programmes to retain girls, including pregnant teenagers and adolescent mothers	Yes No
Gender-sensitization of teachers/curricula	Yes No
Health and Nutrition
Food allocation within family	Yes No
Access to services & Information:  General Health and Nutrition	Yes No
Access to services & Information: Reproductive Health	Yes No
Protective Measures to eliminate negative cultural attitudes and practices
Early Marriage	Yes No
Female Genital Mutilation	Yes No
Protective measures against violence
Physical / sexual abuse	Yes No
Infanticide / Prenatal Sex Selection	Yes No
Protective measures against economic exploitation
Exploitive Labour	Yes No
Commercial Sexual Exploitation	Yes No
Inheritance Rights	Yes No

From the issues listed in this chart what is the most serious problem in your country?

Where has the most progress occurred?

Where has the least progress taken place?

Other comments ?

Name, address,e-mail, telephone numbers of other NGOs who work on girls' issues in your country:

We are also interested in what your Agency or Organization is doing on behalf of girls. Please describe your programmes on girls in the areas listed in this chart.

Thank you for providing this vital information: