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European Week of Action for Girls: Girls can thrive, inspire, succeed!
Countdown 2030 Europe partners, IPPF EN, DSW International and the European Parliamentary Forum on Population & Development co-organised this year's European Week of Action for Girls. The week provided a unique opportunity to bring girls’ rights to the forefront of the EU agenda. This year, European Week of Action partners put the spotlight on what needs to be done to overcome the barriers faced by girls all around the world, and to ensure that their rights are respected, protected and enforced. Held under the headline theme of girls’ empowerment, “Girls can…”, this year’s European Week of Action for Girls successfully demonstrated what girls can achieve when their rights are respected and protected. When they are protected, empowered and supported, girls can thrive, inspire and succeed.
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Prisca's Study Week in Finland
On World Contraception Day, Countdown 2030 Europe partner, Väestöliitto, invited Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) youth activist, Prisca Chakholoma to give an impassioned account of her experiences in Malawi at a seminar held by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development in Finland. As part of the event, Prisca, 24, focused on “Malawian youth and Sexual Rights”, where she spoke about how she is striving to improve the SRH outcomes for young people, especially girls, and discussed the importance of girls and youth empowerment as key to enabling all young people to achieve their full potential.
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What can you buy for €17.50 that can change lives?
...Access to family planning for ONE girl for ONE year! Did you know that providing family planning only costs the same amount as a Kivi candle Holder in Finland or a bike pump in the Netherlands? For a mere €17.50, a girl could have complete access to information and family planning services for a year. Shocking isn't it that more women and girls don't have access! Countdown 2030 Europe wrote to 10 EU Permanent Representatives to highlight this crucial issue.
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Countdown 2030 Europe are advocates for universal access to reproductive health in the developing world, working in 12 European countries and with the EU institutions to ensure funding and policy commitments for family planning and reproductive health in Europe and around the world. Visit our website for up-to-date information about related policies in European countries and the EU, as well as data about their funding commitments. We are also part of Joining Voices, a global advocacy project that aims to tackle the unmet need for family planning.
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