Strategic Plan for Youth Empowerment and Development

Country	Burundi
Year	2016 - 2020
Type of Measure	Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence	Violence against women and girls

Brief Description

To effectively combat sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), other action plans have been developed, including the Strategic Plan for Youth Empowerment and Development (2016-2020) in its priority action to promote everyday life skills and empowerment of young girls and boys puts forward the young girl who lives in specific difficulties where we can mention, among other things, pregnancies in school, early marriages, limitations in access to resources.

Source of Information

Burundi's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.32.