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Adolescent Girls - Cornerstone of Society Conference: Session 2

   
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Session 2 at the Adolescent Girls - Cornerstone of Society Conference was titled "Realizing the Rights of Girls: New Approaches and Research". This session was opened by presentation Human Rights of Adolescent Girls by Maria Regina Tavares da Silva, who also acted as the session chair. Mayra Buvinic from World Bank was the commentator for session 2.

  Presenters included Richard Olson from UNICEF East and Southern Africa Regional Office in Johannesburg, Carol Underwood from Johns Hopskins University, Sarah Norton-Staal from UNICEF East and Southern Africa Regional Office in Nairobi and Lucienne Maas from Save the Children Yemen.
"Human Rights of Adolescent Girls", Maria Regina Tavares da Silva
"Strengthening the Cornerstone: Building on Foundation of positive asset development of adolescent girls in Yemen", Lucienne Maas; Linda Sabarini; Larry Dershem; Sita Conklin, Sabah Badri
"Community perspective on vulnerable adolescent girls: Qualitative findings of Botswana, Malawi and Mozambique", Carol Underwood; Joanna Skinner; Hilary Schwandt; Assana Magonbo, Johns Hopkins University
"Foundation for improved protection and policy: The ongoing CDC research on violence against children in the region", Sarah Norton-Staal, UNICEF
"Reconceptualizing the risk and vulnerability of adolescent girls in high HIV prevalence countries", Richard Olson, UNICEF
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