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Maharashtra: Child-related Activities of Key UN Agencies
ILO activities: Amravati, Aurangabad,
Gondia, Jalna, Mumbai
The ILO is currently implementing the INDUS Project in the five
above districts. The Project is jointly funded by the Government
of India and the Government of the United States of America and
aims at creating an enabling environment where children are motivated
to enrol in schools, induced to refrain from working and households
are provided with income generation alternatives. The Project
works with the National Child Labour Projects (NCLPs) by seeking
to develop models, which can be replicated in other districts.
UNFPA activities: Thane, Pune,
Nandurbar, Gadchiroli, Dhule, Chandrapur
The UNFPA supported Adolescent Programme is part of the UNFPA
Sixth Country Programme of Assistance. It focuses on providing
adolescents with practical information on sexual and reproductive
health. The project’s goal at the national and state level
is to help ensure a healthy and safe development process for adolescents
of both sexes, in and out of school. Key strategies include building
a supportive environment at the policy and community levels; informing
adolescents on health/SRH; building their life skills and promoting
service linkages on a pilot basis.
UNICEF activities: Mumbai, Thane,
Nashik, Pune, Aurangabad, Prabhani, Latur, Amravati, Yavatmal, Chandrapur
In Maharashtra UNICEF is currently implementing the Elementary
Education Programme in seven districts above, and the Child Protection
Programme in Mumbai, Nashik, Aurangabad, Prabhani, Latur and Amravati.
The Elementary Education Programme supports the Government’s
SSA initiative by making efforts to: (1) reduce gender disparities;
(2) promote access and quality education for children from disadvantaged
groups; (3) enhance learning achievements by improving the quality
of education; (4) improve and expand educational data and analysis
and (5) deliver and document quality education. The Child Protection
Programme complements the Government’s initiatives in the
areas of child labour, child trafficking, and children in difficult
circumstances. In the field of child labour, the programme focuses
particularly on the informal sector and also explores the risk
implications of the spread of HIV/AIDS in the context of trafficking,
and of commercial sexual exploitation of children. Regarding children
affected by difficult circumstances, the Programme emphasises
strengthening indigenous-coping and resilience mechanisms.
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