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Integrating Menstrual Health and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and menstrual health (MH) are fundamental to health, wellbeing, and gender equity. SRH and MH have deeply intertwined roots, biologically and s...
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Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls: Panchayats Leading the Way
A compendium of success stories of women-friendly panchayats of India, is to inspire all panchayats to learn and adopt similar initiatives for advancing the rights of women and gir...
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Technical Reports and Document
Menstrual Waste Management for Patna City/ Urban Local Bodies in Bihar
Unsafe management of waste, including, menstrual waste affects both the environment and human health. Patna is dense and growing urban centre. Ensuring health of its population and...
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Technical Reports and Document
Registration of Marriages
In this paper, we discuss the importance of marriage registration, the means for simplification of the process and how it contributes to improving women’s access to rights an...
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Technical Reports and Document
Menstrual Hygiene among Adolescent Girls: Key Insights from the NFHS-5 (2019-21)
The onset of menstruation is one of the most important changes that occur among adolescent girls. The use of a hygienic method of menstrual management is imperative for her health ...
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Technical Reports and Document
Child Marriage in West Bengal: Key Insights from the NFHS-5 (2019-21)
Child marriage has declined over one and a half decades, however, it the incidence remains high in West Bengal with around 42% of the women in the age group of 20-24 marrying befor...
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Technical Reports and Document
Child Marriage in Bihar: Key Insights from the NFHS-5 (2019-21)
Child marriage has declined over one and a half decades, however, it the incidence remains high in Bihar with around 41% of the women in the age group of 20-24 marrying before 18. ...
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Technical Reports and Document
Child Marriage in India: Key Insights from the NFHS-5 (2019-21)
In spite of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (2006), the practice of child marriage remains pervasive due to factors spread across the socio-ecological spectrum, including str...
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Annual Report
UNFPA India Annual Report 2021
Despite the widespread disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, UNFPA India made significant progress towards achieving the Three Transformative Results of zero unmet need for ...
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