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When schools reopened recently in Afghanistan, only boys in grades 7 through 12 went back to class. Taliban leaders told girls that they must wait. "The explanation that we got from the Taliban is that this is just a slight delay, as they are working on operating procedures for girls," said...

UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA), with support of the India, Nepal and Pakistan Country Offices, organized the event ' Undertaking rapid assessments and real time monitoring in the COVID-19 context: Lessons from UNICEF South Asia' Thursday, 3 June, 17:00 IST. The event was part of the...

I would like to invite you to a webinar on Social and Behavioural Data in Action: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Asia that is taking place on Thursday, 8 April 2021. Included is a flyer with Zoom access details and also at the end of this message is a URL to join the Zoom. This webinar...

This report provides data and key points regarding child marriage in Nepal, a practice which is illegal but still continues in some communities. Save the Children presents several policy solutions such as organizing community efforts through representative organizations, utilizing technology and...

Abstract Background: Maternal and child undernutrition have adverse consequences for pregnancy outcomes and child morbidity and mortality, and they are associated with low educational attainment, economic productivity as an adult, and human wellbeing. ‘Nutrition-sensitive’ agriculture programs could...

Data collected from India indicates that young women, when given options and opportunities such as education, prefer to wait longer periods of time before childbirth, rather than begin this process directly after marriage. This study analyzes the various influences on this proclivity for delayed...