These 10 centres in the refugee camps and host community are providing women and teenage girls with “integral life-skills and vocational training”, the UN agencies said in a statement on Monday. This joint project brings together UNFPA’s “expertise in mitigating gender based violence and supporting women and girls throughout the camps, with WFP’s demonstrated expertise in implementing livelihood projects”. The centres will also allow men and boys to participate, and allow local communities an open space for cultural events, she said at the inauguration ceremony on Monday. “Women and teenage girls in the refugee and host community generally have very few opportunities to become self-sufficient. The Women-Led Community Centres are added to 20 UNFPA Women Friendly Spaces in the camps which have reached over 135,000 women and girls providing them access to midwifery and other important services for protection and empowerment.

Source: bd News24 March 04, 2019 19:18 UTC