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pdf Boys in the Picture (WHO)  Published Popular

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The health-related behaviours of adolescent boys have direct consequences for their future health as adults. The knowledge surrounding of what adolescent boys need for healthy development and what health systems can do to help them can be improved by recognizing their complexity. This calls for a more careful and thorough understanding of how boys are raised in their communities.

pdf Empowerment of Adolescent Girls  Published Popular

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This report presents persuasive arguments and practical recommendations for putting adolescent girls at the center of human development policies. Its application will make a key contribution to the process of promoting empowerment of adolescent girls and young women and ensuring that government health systems work toward this end. This framework calls for integrating and coordinating empowerment efforts with those of other international institutions and government sectors, nongovernmental organizations, and adolescent girls and young women themselves.

pdf What about Boys? A Literature Review on the Health and Development of Adolescent Boys (WHO)  Published Popular

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Adolescent boys like adolescent girls are a heterogeneous population. Some are faring well in their health and development. New research and perspectives call for a more careful and thorough understanding of how adolescent boys are socialised, what they need in terms of healthy development, and what health systems can do to assist them in more appropriate ways, and how we can engage boys to promote greater gender equity for adolescent girls.