title: Formative research in the Meena Communication Initiative.
abstract: The governments of South Asia designed the 1990's as the Decade of the Girl Child, in order to confront the extreme discrimination faced by girls in the region. A range of research studies undertaken by UNICEF and other agencies leading up to the Decade had documented the aspects and degrees of discrimination against girls in the region-with the most severe conditions in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.
authors.affiliation: UNICEF/Meena Project, London, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aghi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carnegie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001211:Asia, Western; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D002359:Cartoons as Topic; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D011287:Prejudice; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014933:Women's Rights