As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lives of adolescent girls continue to be disrupted, worsening their social and economic progress. The pandemic’s adverse impacts on education, physical and mental health, and wellbeing of adolescent girls are immense and rapidly unfolding.

As part of the Asia Pacific Working Group on Adolescent Girls, GPE and partners will host a side event during the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD). This side event will highlight the impacts of the pandemic on adolescent girls’ education, health and wellbeing and discuss good practices and policy recommendations to ensure girls are included in prevention, response and recovery efforts.

Speakers include:

• Anh Duong, GPE Youth Leader and Plan Youth Advisor (moderator)
• Larisha Temangutaua, Pacific Girl Mentor and Affiliate with the Young Women's Christian Association, Solomon Islands
• Ridhima Pandey, Climate Activist and President of the Red Alert Network, Save the Children, India
• Dr. Hari Lamsal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Planning Division of Nepal and GPE Development Country Partner Focal Point, Nepal
• Dr. Yung Kunthearith, Deputy Director, School Health Department, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia
• Applesta Maryann da Costa, Program Lead, Psychosocial Support, Human Touch Foundation, India
• Tomoko Fukuda, Regional Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation, East & Southeast Asia and Oceania Region (IPPF ESEAOR)

Connection details:

• Date: March 30
• Time: 12:15-1:45 pm BKK
• Registration

About the Asia Pacific Working Group on Adolescent Girls

The Asia Pacific Working Group on Adolescent Girls is co-chaired by International Planned Parenthood Federation East and South East Asia and Oceania Region (IPPF ESEAOR) and Plan International Asia Pacific. Members include: Asia Safe Abortion Partnership, CREA, Care Asia, Save the Children Asia, ECPAT International, GPE, Girls Not Brides, IPPF South Asia, Pacific Girl, Terre des Hommes, UNICEF, UNWomen Asia and the Pacific Regional Office, UNFPA Asia and the Pacific Regional Office, YouthLEAD and YPEER Asia Pacific.

About the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development

The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual and inclusive intergovernmental forum and a regional platform for supporting countries, in particular those with special needs, in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development while serving as a regional preparatory meeting to the high-level political forum.
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