Violence

Fifteen years ago in Beijing world leaders promised to prevent and eradicate violence against women and girls. Yet today, thousands of young girls all over the world still face violence that no one, let alone a child, should ever know.

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Teen Pregnancy

Many adolescents have little or no access to reliable information and services to protect themselves or make their own decisions about their sexual reproductive health. The consequences are life altering.

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Health

According to health experts, this is the unhealthiest generation of adolescents in decades. Girls are especially vulnerable. The last 15 years have seen progress but there continues to be a huge funding gap for female health care services.

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Education & Employment

Fifteen years ago, the international community agreed that girls should have equal access to education. But still too many girls struggle to achieve adequate education.

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Gender Equality:
The Next Generation

15 years ago, the Beijing World Conference on Women pledged to improve the lives of women and girls. In some ways, girls born since that meeting are enjoying better lives than their mothers. But the struggle for true gender equality still needs more investment in the lives of young girls.

UN Radio has traveled around the world to tell the stories of 15-year old girls. We hear about their problems, their hopes and their dreams.

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A parent at 15

More than 10% of children in South Africa are orphans. With the gradual loss of the African kinship care system, children are no longer taken in by the extended family, and most have no access to alternative care structures.

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Child Brides for Sale

Girls, as young as 14, are kidnapped and forced to marry complete strangers who are much older. Although the custom was abandoned in the early 60s, in villages like Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, where Nolwizi Sinama lives, the tradition is still in force.

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