Empowering Women and Girls with UNICEF

Dear Friend,

Thank you for your support of UNICEF’s Empowering Women and Girls Project! Due to your generosity, UNICEF was able to implement programs around the world that help vulnerable women and girls. Examples of such implementation include:

• Opening doors to a better future through studying the sciences in the Techno Girls program in South Africa. Techno Girls is a groundbreaking STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) initiative that challenges harmful gender norms in education and is inspiring the next generation of female innovators and leaders in South Africa. Girls in the Techno Girls program also have internship opportunities, giving them a competitive edge for their future endeavors.
• Providing vaccinations and prenatal and postnatal care to keep themselves and their newborns healthy through UNICEF’s Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus elimination initiative, which has helped eliminate this deadly disease from all but 13 countries worldwide.
• Building safe and secure toilets at school with running water so they can manage their menstrual hygiene. Studies show that adolescent girls drop out of secondary school at a higher rate than adolescent boys – a statistic partially driven by the lack of understanding about and ways to manage menstrual hygiene. UNICEF is working in schools around the world to provide information and education on menstrual hygiene management to students and teachers, as well as to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs in schools so that adolescent girls can manage their menstruation safely and with dignity, helping further their education and prospects for the future.

We appreciate your continued support of women and girls around the world through UNICEF’s programs. You will continue to receive updates on the progress UNICEF is making to improve the lives and futures of women and girls around the world, learning how you are creating an impact.

Sincerely,

Whitney Simon