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Help achieve zero sexual and gender-based violence

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Mali is committed to helping achieve zero sexual and gender-based violence through: • passing the law on gender-based violence and the relevant implementing legislation by 2020; • passing the Child Protection Code law.

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(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.

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  • Change or creation of legislation
Commitment made in : Mali
To be actioned in : Mali
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Increase the proportion of the national budget allocated to population- and development-related matters

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Mali is committed to using national budgetary processes to increase national funding by raising the proportion of the national budget allocated to population and development issues to 20 per cent.

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(6) Using national budget processes, including gender budgeting and auditing, increasing domestic financing and exploring new, participatory and innovative financing instruments and structures to ensure full, effective and accelerated implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action.

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  • Budgetary and financial
Commitment made in : Mali
To be actioned in : Mali
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Help harness the demographic dividend

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Mali is committed to harnessing the demographic dividend by 2030 by: • majorly investing in education, health, professional training and youth employment, taking into account gender and including people with disabilities, through operationalizing the national road map on the demographic dividend; • increasing the representation of young people in all decision-making bodies at all levels to 40 per cent; • promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities at all levels; • strengthening the...

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(8) Investing in the education, employment opportunities, health, including family planning and sexual and reproductive health services, of adolescents and youth, especially girls, so as to fully harness the promises of the demographic dividend.

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  • Programmatic action
Commitment made in : Mali
To be actioned in : Mali
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Build a peaceful, just and inclusive society

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Mali is committed to building a peaceful, fair and inclusive society through: • strengthening the provision of basic social services, particularly health, education and protection services in areas affected by the humanitarian crisis; • restoring peace and security in Mali.

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(12) Ensuring that the basic humanitarian needs and rights of affected populations, especially that of girls and women, are addressed as critical components of responses to humanitarian and environmental crises, as well as fragile and post-crisis reconstruction contexts, through the provision of access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information, education and services, including access to safe abortion services to the full extent of the law, and post-abortion care, to significantly reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, sexual and gender-based violence and unplanned pregnancies under these conditions.

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  • Programmatic action
Commitment made in : Mali
To be actioned in : Mali
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2. Zero unmet need for family planning information and services, and universal availability of quality, affordable and safe modern contraceptives

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Capitalize on the opportunities provided by information and communication technologies by increasing the use of digital platforms for contraception-related communications, especially the development of a digital application that provides information and promotes culturally relevant and user-friendly FP services adapted to young people; Establish a framework for discussion, reflection, mobilization and advocacy efforts among development partners, CSOs concerned with health, policymakers and...

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(2) Zero unmet need for family planning information and services, and universal availability of quality, affordable and safe modern contraceptives.

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  • Programmatic action
Commitment made in : Congo
To be actioned in : Congo
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Right to family planning information and services

Commitment description:

In Guinea, sexuality is still a taboo subject in society. This results in a lack or misinterpretation of information, which explains the reluctance of the majority of the population. In view of this, we are committed to helping achieve the overall goal of ensuring zero unmet need for information, and that there are no limitations in family planning services associated with the universal availability of safe, affordable and quality modern contraceptive methods by 2030. Therefore, our actions...

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(2) Zero unmet need for family planning information and services, and universal availability of quality, affordable and safe modern contraceptives.

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  • Programmatic action
Commitment made in : Guinea
To be actioned in : Guinea
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Increase access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people, taking into account their age group according to the WHO quality of care criteria adapted to them.

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We are committed to achieving the overall goal of increasing access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people by 2030, taking into account their age group according to the WHO quality of care criteria adapted to them. We will therefore provide quality information to adolescents and young people that is adapted to their age group, enabling them to make an informed choice and protecting them not only from unintended pregnancies and their consequences, but also...

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(4) Access for all adolescents and youth, especially girls, to comprehensive and age-responsive information, education and adolescent-friendly comprehensive, quality and timely services to be able to make free and informed decisions and choices about their sexuality and reproductive lives, to adequately protect themselves from unintended pregnancies, all forms of sexual and  gender-based violence and harmful practices, sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, to facilitate a safe transition into adulthood.

Mode of engagement:

  • Programmatic action
Commitment made in : Guinea
To be actioned in : Guinea
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Guinea's commitments to accelerating the fulfilment of ICPD pledges by 2030 through innovative public-private funding

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1. Increase funding to comply with the international standards required for priority areas, including Health (from 7 per cent in 2018 to 15 per cent in 2030), public education (from 16 per cent in 2018 to 20 per cent in 2030), social protection (from 3 per cent in 2018 to 10 per cent in 2030) 2.Reduce the early pregnancy rate among adolescents both in and out of school by 40 per cent by 2030; 3.Promote gender equality and equity by 2030: Reduce the prevalence of all forms of gender-based...

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(3) Zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities, such as obstetric fistulas, by, inter alia, integrating a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health interventions, including access to safe abortion to the full extent of the law, measures for preventing and avoiding unsafe abortions, and for the provision of post-abortion care, into national UHC strategies, policies and programmes, and to protect and ensure all individuals’ right to bodily integrity, autonomy and reproductive rights, and to provide access to essential services in support of these rights.

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  • Budgetary and financial
Commitment made in : Guinea
To be actioned in : Guinea
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Equality and equity between men and women by 2030, through a significant, long-term reduction in all forms of gender-based disparity and discrimination

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By 2030, Guinea is committed to: a) Ensuring gender parity in all areas of public life, female participation in political matters as well as in productive sectors of the national economy b) Strengthening the sexual and reproductive rights of adolescents and young people, especially girls, by reducing the early pregnancy rate both in and out of school by 40 per cent: by 2018, most girls aged 15 to 19 had already begun their reproductive lives (either being mothers or pregnant with a child)....

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(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.

Mode of engagement:

  • Programmatic action
Commitment made in : Guinea
To be actioned in : Guinea
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Promoting youth employment by harnessing the demographic dividend.

Commitment description:

1. Promote the creation of decent employment and adequate training for young people through effective policies and programmes that create sustainable employment, in accordance with international conventions and regional declarations, with a view to ensuring increased social, economic and human development benefits from the demographic dividend; 2. Continue efforts to provide quality universal primary education by extending basic education to the lower secondary level and ensuring gender...

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(8) Investing in the education, employment opportunities, health, including family planning and sexual and reproductive health services, of adolescents and youth, especially girls, so as to fully harness the promises of the demographic dividend.

Mode of engagement:

  • Policy and guidance
Commitment made in : Guinea
To be actioned in : Guinea

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