facilitating the issuance of identity documents and making them available to the target
categories.
c)The ‘Girls Education Initiative’ was launched to contribute toward the provision of
quality and equitable education to all girls in girls' schools by the end of 2019, in tandem
with the National Program for Quality Education: This initiative aims to increase students’
ability to achieve international competitiveness.
d)The ‘Adolescent Health’ program was created to raise awareness among students
and parents about adolescent issues through awareness seminars, dialogues and
activities to highlight issues and problems related to reproductive health and
adolescence.
e) The ‘Mitigation of Illegal Migration of Unaccompanied Children’ initiative was
introduced to combat illegal migration of children by raising awareness around the
seriousness of this problem and finding positive alternatives to it.
f) The ‘Protect and Rehabilitate Street Children" program was launched with a view to
protecting and rehabilitating these vulnerable children and enable them to integrate into
society in a manner that enables them to obtain their economic, social and cultural
rights.
g)A ‘Dropout Reduction’ program was launched which aims to reduce the numbers of
children dropping out of basic education by improving the capacities of those dealing
with children vulnerable to dropout, educating families most in need of instruction,
changing the negative perception of rural girls' education, combating harmful practices
against girls, developing a guide for those dealing with children susceptible to dropping
out to be used by school principals as well as teachers and social and psychological
specialists in order to reduce the phenomenon of dropping out and make school more
attractive and accessible for children.
h) A program was launched to protect young people from smoking and drugs, with the
objective of deterring children from taking up cigarette-smoking or drug-use, and
supporting the role of the family as a basic line of defense to address the problem and
early detection of substance abuse or addiction.
i)The establishment of the National Observatory for the Rights of the Child implemented
a national strategy to monitor all services, indicators and violations related to children's
rights in order to support a planning and coordination process to help improve the
conditions of children in Egypt.
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