Why strengthening local organisations is the need of hour
Why strengthening local organisations is the need of hour 16 CLAPS Even before the pandemic, adolescents in India were already in crisis. More than 80 percent of the country’s 253 million adolescents were suffering from ‘hidden hunger’ (undernutrition), nearly 40 percent of girls aged 15-18 weren’t attending school, and almost 20 percent of women aged 20-24 were married by age 15. But the pandemic has made the grim reality into a full-blown disaster. COVID-19 has created the largest disruption to our education systems in history. Not only are millions unable to attend classes...
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