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The 2020 Asia Girls Report
With only a decade remaining on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda, countries must invest in adolescent girls now! The 2020 Asia Girls’ Report, presents the current state of girls’ leadership in Asia, based on the findings of our research (including a literature review, survey and key informant interviews) and the Asia Girls’ Leadership Index. Using available data from official global databases, the Index measures the opportunities of adolescent girls and young women in the 19 SAARC and ASEAN countries to develop and demonstrate leadership capabilities. The first...
With only a decade remaining on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda, countries must invest in adolescent girls now! The 2020 Asia Girls’ Report, presents the current state of girls’ leadership in Asia, based on the findings of our research (including a literature review, survey and key informant interviews) and the Asia Girls’ Leadership Index. Using available data from official global databases, the Index measures the opportunities of adolescent girls and young women in the 19 SAARC and ASEAN countries to develop and demonstrate leadership capabilities. The first research of this kind, it gives insights into key trends and issues that enable or constrain empowerment and leadership of adolescent girls and young women across six domains: education, health, economic opportunities, protection, political voice and representation and laws and policies.