YAP International strongly advocates for the prevention and elimination of Discrimination Against the Girl Child (DAGC) through our contacts and partners worldwide working directly and indirectly on this issue.

Our primary efforts on this issue are raising public awareness; working on strategies to prevent, reduce, and eliminate discrimination; encouraging foreign governments to take steps to end these practices; and supporting youth who have been discriminated against as they attempt to develop healthy adult lives.

YAP International has published:

• Discrimination Against the Girl Child: Female Infanticide, Female Genital Cutting and Honor Killing Click here to download the booklet as a PDF file.

• Special Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the United States
  Click here to download the full report as a PDF file.

• Unofficial Summary of the Main Provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
  Click here to download the full report as a PDF file.

YAP International Recent CSEC Advocacy Efforts:

• Advocate on behalf of youth at-risk of being subjected to discrimination against the girl child.

• Served as a leader in urging reponse and action by foreign governments to end these practices.

• Participated in the CWLA/Deepalaya NGO Professional Exchange to India through the U.S. State Department to improve the international advocacy efforts of child rights and welfare organizations.

• Creating a new curriculum and support materials on DAGC for use in high schools.

• Developed a new user-friendly website with information on the issue of DAGC

• Continue to increase attention and financial support for the issue of DAGC.

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Last updated 7/8/2004