This guidance document has been prepared as part of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)’s Global Programme to Prevent Son Preference and the Undervaluing of Girls, with funding from the European Union (EU), for the period 2016-2019. The programme is being implemented in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia, Nepal, and Viet Nam. The programme’s overall objectives include South-South learning among the six programme countries, as well as building on the experiences and lessons learned by China, India, Republic of Korea and other countries that have launched laws, policies and programmes to address son preference and sex-selection. For this reason, many examples are included throughout this guidance document from past and current initiatives. The International Children’s Center (ICC), a non-governmental organization based in Ankara, Turkey, is working with UNFPA to support the Global Programme for the period 2018-2019.
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