Why Adolescent Girls
In the transition from girls to women, adolescence is a pivotal juncture where crucial decisions about bodily autonomy are made. If these decisions are made by others or influenced by external factors, a girl’s future is largely shaped before she becomes an adult. Gender equality depends on working together and shifting power to adolescent girls so they can make their own choices about their bodies and lives when it matters most.
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Advancing SRHR in Global Health
Having control over one’s body means having access to complete sexual and reproductive health care. Women Deliver works to advance feminist and rights-based health systems that meet the needs of all, especially adolescent girls.
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Our work in coalition has:
been crucial to solidifying the integration of gender and SRHR in the Political Declaration on UHC.
The Climate Crisis
The climate crisis is not gender neutral. Despite contributing the least to it, adolescent girls, women, and gender-diverse people face the greatest challenges from it. Supporting their resilience depends on upholding their right to bodily autonomy and ensuring they have universal access to SRHR and climate-resilient health systems.
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Our work in coalition has:
advanced the inclusion of gender and SRHR within global spaces, including the UN Climate Conference.
Upholding Human Rights
For the past 30 years, feminist movements and women’s human rights defenders have achieved incredible progress for women, girls, and gender-diverse people. But now, that progress is facing critical threats. We’re working to uphold international human rights law and hold governments accountable to their human rights obligations.
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