UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund

Published purpose

The project reduces barriers to access and retention for more than 700,000 girls and adolescent girls between the ages of 10 to 19 in the North-East, West and Central regions of Côte d'Ivoire and the Abidjan district (Abobo and Yopougon-Songon). This project is providing additional funds in response to the immediate needs for education and gender-based violence generated by the coronavirus (COVID-19). Project activities include: (1) developing a distance learning monitoring system; (2) producing national educational resources in digital form for broadcast on radio/television; and (3) supporting the continuity of essential social services for the protection of women and girls.