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During a press conference held on Tuesday, October 22, the Ministry for the Advancement of Women, Children and Vulnerable Persons and Plan International Guinea presented a report on the situation of young girls in the world. The presentation of this report comes following the International Day of the Young Girl, celebrated on October 11.
The objective of the said report is to highlight not only the evils which hinder the development of the young girl, her Rights and her development.
This report reveals that 300 million people need humanitarian aid, 59% of whom have limited or no access to water.
Louabatou Diallo of Plan International underlines that: “This year, the surveys focused on people in conflict situations And these studies prove that in 2024, more than 300 million people will need humanitarian aid. Studies show that girls and boys, as well as women and young men, experience conflict in distinct ways. Girls and young women suffer from sexual violence and emotional stress due to their family situations and responsibilities. While boys and young men are forced into combat, often with deadly consequences,” she said.
And the Plan International Guinea influencer added: “Young people showed high levels of emotional distress, including sleep disturbances, 55% more or less, a constant concern of 54%. Girls and young women reported significantly higher levels of these indicators of emotional stress than boys and young men.
For her part, a manager of the club of young leaders of Guinea launched an appeal.
“First of all, it is essential and essential to listen to them, to know that these people who come out of these situations also have an experience to share and facts they have experienced to share. The second point is that they need to be independent both financially and in terms of education. We note that they need the bare necessities. Let it be support so that they have access to sexual and reproductive health and everything related to psychological assistance. We appeal so that they can work together and in this work that must be done, that they do everything possible to cease the fire and that they put talks or dialogues in favor of peace. Let them support safe and inclusive education, and work for humanitarian aid. By working for humanitarian purposes they help these young people to have equal access to food, clothing, education and everything that goes with it. To the different parties so that they support the local economy and provide employment opportunities.[..] Finally, I would like to conclude by saying that young people are builders. Let’s give them an opportunity so that they can manifest the potential that they have within them which can lead them to no longer manifest everything that is linked to conflict and everything that is contrary to peace.
To put an end to these evils which undermine our societies, the Ministry for the Advancement of Women, Children and Vulnerable People has implemented a new strategy.
“This stigmatization of life, I can tell you that it begins on the day of birth. Go to the maternity wards, when a woman comes in to give birth, when she leaves, the first thing is to ask for sex. And as soon as you ask the sex of the child, if you say it’s a boy, they tell you yeah, as a sign of joy. And if you say it’s a girl, they say ah, that’s good. And when you ask men, husbands, which one are you going to send to school? They’ll tell you to send the boy. For what ? Because we consider that the girl is domestic labor,” underlined Hadja Aïssatou Bara Diallo.
And the advisor in charge of the Promotion of Women continued: “Your theme concerning gender-based violence is a concern of the government. This is why this Department was created and deals specifically with these aspects. The Department is doing its best to deal with these challenges that we are talking about,” she said finally.
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