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Sabla: The road to
empowerment and self esteem for adolescent girls
Through various schemes
including Sabla, the government is investing in the health, nutrition and development
needs of adolescent girls to advance their rights to education, health and protection.
This will help them to build a future of gender equality and justice
Adolescence is a phase during which major physical and psychological
changes take place in children, along with changes in their social perceptions
and expectations. Adolescence is also the stage when young people extend their
relationships beyond parents and family and are intensely influenced by their
peers and the outside world. This is the time that they need the maximum
understanding and caring.
There are nearly 1.2 billion adolescents in the world, that is,
those aged between 10 to 19 years.
Studies show that millions of adolescents today do not enjoy
access to quality education, basic sexual and reproductive health care, support
for mental health issues and disability, protection from violence, abuse and exploitation
and forums for active participation.
