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| HRH the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg continues her support for the empowerment of girls and women |
05-12-2006 8:00 am Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, has strongly supported the cross-cutting theme project entitled “Breaking the poverty cycle of women: Empowering adolescent girls to become agents of social transformation” in South Asia, since it was launched in 2002. With the dona tion provided by the “Fondation du Grand-Duc Henri et de la Grande-Duchesse Maria Teresa”, activities under the fi nal phase of the project were reinforced and consolidated in 2006. As an example, in India project activities in 151 villages in Rajasthan have been carried out thanks to this generous contribution. Through four-month long residential camps, short duration supplementary training and issue-based specifi c trainings, learning opportunities have been generated for girls from disadvantaged families.
The programme has integrated basic education with life skills, information on basic and reproductive health as well as legal rights, complemented by access to ICTs and training in management of self-help groups for setting up micro-enterprises and microfi nancial services.
At the request of the community members, adolescent boys have been included in various activities. This has contributed to the harmonious develop ment of all adoles cents, girls and boys, who are participat ing increasingly and actively in commu nity development issues. In addition, thanks to this dona tion the fi nal phase of project activities in Nepal will be resumed from March 2007.
Read more about Her Royal Highness Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg and her activities for UNESCO
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