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ReportsBecause You’re a Girl: Growing Up in the CommonwealthPublication year: 
2011
English
Format: 
pdf (916.8 KiB)
Publisher: 
Plan International,Royal Commonwealth Society, London
This report by Plan UK and the Royal Commonwealth Society reveals that New Zealand is the best place in the Commonwealth to be born a girl, while Sierra Leone and Nigeria are among the worst. ‘Because You’re a Girl: Growing Up in the Commonwealth’, which has been produced to mark the Commonwealth’s 2011 theme ‘Women as agents of change’, compares how well girls and women are doing relative to boys and men in their country.
Authors
Keshet Bachan
1 Publication
Joanna Bennett
1 Publication
Sharon Goulds
1 Publication
Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
1 Publication
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Because You’re a Girl: Growing Up in the Commonwealth
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Publisher
Plan International, Royal Commonwealth Society, London
Authors
Bachan, Keshet, Bennett, Joanna, Goulds, Sharon, Sriskandarajah, Dhananjayan
Format
pdf
Content type
Reports
Region
Central Asia
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© Author/Publisher
Keywords
Children's rightsEducationEqualityGenderGirlsLiteracyMillennium Development Goals (MDGs)UN Convention on the Rights of the ChildWomen
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