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"Girls need to be at the centre of the global development agenda," said Canadian MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan at the Women Deliver conference in May 2013. Her words reflect a concentration of aid resources on adolescent girls, as shown by recently established groups such as Girl Up, Because I am a Girl, Girl Rising and Global Girl Power. But with this intensity of focus on girls are we missing a crucial part of the picture?
"We have to change together," said a 14-year-old boy in a youth workshop on gender equality in Uttar Pradesh, India. "Because if you only change one half of the equation, won't you get half the result?" A UN Population Fund (UNFPA) January 2013 study confirmed that "working with men and boys as well as women and girls to promote gender equality contributes to achieving health and development outcomes".
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