RGA/10/1
Sponsored by Aeryn Hurt, Sasha Kozimor, Sylvie Brekke of Franklin High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Cote dIvoire.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | To the General Assembly, |
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| 3 | Acknowledging the current unsafe living environment for women in Cote d’Ivoire. |
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| 5 | Aware that of women ages 15 to 49, 36.2% have experienced physical or sexual violence. |
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| 7 | Alarmed that 27% of girls in Cote d'Ivoire are married before the age of 18 and 7% are married |
| 8 | before the age of 15. |
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| 10 | Acknowledging that for every 100,000 live births, 480 women die due to pregnancy related causes |
| 11 | every year in Cote d’Ivoire. |
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| 13 | Realizing that women are twice as affected as men by the HIV epidemic in Ivory Coast and the |
| 14 | majority of new infections are among young girls. |
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| 16 | Noting that the rate of HIV in Cote d’Ivoire was 2.9% - 4.1% among women and 1.7% among |
| 17 | men. |
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| 19 | Alarmed that knowledge of HIV prevention remains low, particularly among young people: only |
| 20 | 20% of adolescents have a real understanding of it and their use of condoms is still limited. |
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| 22 | Aware that the fertility rate is 124% for 15-19 year olds and 193% for 20-24 year olds in Cote |
| 23 | D’Ivoire. |
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| 25 | The delegation of Cote d’Ivoire does hereby: |
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| 27 | Request that a sum of $15 million be given to the organization Engender Health. |
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| 29 | Note that Engender Health is an organization that is working to advance sexual and reproductive |
| 30 | health and rights and gender equality in many countries, including Cote d’Ivoire. |
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| 32 | Note that this money would be used to build, supply, and operate 100 new women’s shelters |
| 33 | around the country in small rural communities for an exploratory trial of 5 years. |
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| 35 | Bearing in mind that these women’s shelters would provide sex, HIV, and contraceptive education |
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| 37 | Acknowledging that these women’s shelters would each also contain a 24 hour clinic open 7 days a |
| 38 | week with registered doctors and supplies, providing women easy access to HIV and pregnancy |
| 39 | healthcare and contraceptives. |
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| 41 | Note that these shelter’s would also give young girls who want to avoid marriage a place to stay, |
| 42 | as well as provide a safe place for women trapped in an abusive situation, providing them with a |
| 43 | place to stay and resources. |
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| 45 | Recognize that in these clinics, contraceptives and doctor’s appointments would be given for free |
| 46 | for women whose income is under the 30th percentile. |
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| 48 | Take heed that after 5 years of these shelters being run, tests will be conducted in these |
| 49 | communities to assess the impact of the shelters and determine next steps. |
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| 51 | Affirm that this resolution will go into effect January 1, 2024. |
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