Young Lives photo exhibition features at UN gender equality event
An exhibition of photographs drawn from the Young Lives study featured last month as part of the UN's largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Young Lives Senior Policy Advisor, Kath Ford, and Communications Manager, Julia Tilford, were invited by UNICEF to launch the photo exhibition, conveying Young Lives research and policy findings, at UNICEF's flagship Commission on the Status of Women event, “We Deserve Better: Unlocking the power of social protection for women and girls".
This high-level event, held over two days at UNICEF House and the UN Secretariat building and jointly hosted with the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Hewlett Foundation, was attended by government ministers, civil society, and international organisations. Collectively they demonstrated why social protection is key to addressing the challenges faced by women and girls as they grow up amid poverty, inequality and global crises and an international call to action to scale up gender-responsive social protection systems was launched.
The Young Lives' photo exhibition featured 12 images selected to convey the challenges girls and young women face as they grow up. Informative captions for each photograph explained how gender-responsive social protection measures can support girls and young women across the life course.