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Laws on Protection Against GBV

Compilation of laws that provide Protection against gender based violence in Lesotho

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The phenomenon of gender-based violence is pervasive around the world, experienced by some one in three women in their lifetimes

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VNR on Implementation of the SDGs

Voluntary National Review on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals Report

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Lesotho has achieved significant milestones since the SDGs came into effect in 2016. These include preparing SDGs Indicator Baseline report for prioritisation and establishment of baseline, identifying data gaps and development strategies. The country also presented its first VNR in 2019. For the VNR 2022, the country status:

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Counter Domestic Violence Act

Counter Domestic Violence Act

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An Act to provide for protection of rights of victims and prevention of domestic violence and related matters. Enacted by the Parliament of Lesotho

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The State of the World's Midwifery 2021

The State of the World's Midwifery 2021

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The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021 builds on previous reports in the SoWMy series and represents an unprecedented effort to document the whole world’s Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Adolescent Health workforce, with a focus on midwives. It calls for urgent investment in midwives to enable them to fulfil their potential.

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My Body Is My Own

State of World Population Report

We have the inherent right to choose what we do with our body, to ensure its protection and care, to pursue its expression. The quality of our lives depends on it. In fact, our lives themselves depend on it. 

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Against My Will

State of World Population Report

Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are subjected to practices that harm them physically or psychologically, or both, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and communities.

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State of World Population 2019

State of World Population Report

Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and when to marry, and when or whether to have children.

A worldwide movement to give women real choices in life culminated in the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), where a consensus was reached about the links between women’s empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, and rights and sustainable development.

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The Power of Choice: Reproductive Rights and the Demographic Transition

State of World Population Report

Not so long ago, most people had large families: five children, on average. Where once there was one global fertility rate, today there are many, with differences wider than at any point in human history.

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UNFPA Lesotho Going Innovative

UNFPA Lesotho Going Innovative

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Innovation Fund

The Innovation Fund is a seed fund to promote emulsion among youth at district level through Youth Resource Centres, leveraging ideas that would lead to projects designed by young people

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Training of Trainers for Youth Leaders

Building Tomorrow Leaders' Capacity -Training of Trainers for Youth Leaders

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As part of building capacity for Youth Skills Development Officers and Youth Leaders from Youth Resource Centres around Lesotho, a training of trainers workshop was held at Khotsong Lodge, Maseru in March 2016.

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