UNITED NATIONS (PNA) – Nakasalalay ang kinabukasan ng mundo sa mga batang babae na nasa 10-anyos sa kasalukuyan, sinabi ng UN Population Fund (UNFPA) sa annual report noong Huwebes, dahil tutuntong sila sa mid-20s sa panahon na inaasahang maabot na ang Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), o Agenda 2030.
“The overall message of this report, is that if you build a brighter future for a 10-year-old girl today, you build a brighter future for us all,” sabi ni Richard Kollodge, senior editor ng 112-pahinang State of the World Population 2016 Report, sa mamamahayag. Ang report ay pinamagatang, “10: How our Future Depends on a Girl at this Decisive Age”.
“One big reason is that age 10 marks the start of adolescence,” aniya sa press conference. “It’s a time when a boy or girl begins making choices about the future. But, adolescence can also be a time of threats and vulnerabilities, a time of shrinking horizons and lost opportunities, a time when decisions about the future are made by others.”
