[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1135, 261], "category": "Text", "text": "areas, have had more access to media, social media, cultural content drawing on multiple and often competing reference systems. However, young men and women have also grown up in an environment marked by conflict and perpetual political, social, and economic uncertainty – affecting their social roles, including gender representations."}, {"bbox": [96, 270, 1135, 380], "category": "Text", "text": "Afghan youth often bear heavy duties towards their family and community, including providing for their relatives – both underage and the elderly, and social duties to marry and bear offspring who will in turn provide for the previous generation and the one to come. The social and economic pressures that come with these duties notably account for labour migration, but also radicalisation and possibly recruitment into armed groups for male youth."}, {"bbox": [96, 389, 1135, 604], "category": "Text", "text": "The cross cutting constraints currently faced by the adolescents and youth in Afghanistan include high unemployment, rise in poverty and hardship affecting their quality of life. This significantly impacts their aspirations and morals, and possibly is one of the causes behind high rates of drug dependency. Challenges around child marriage and early teenage pregnancy are also increasing, as well as, high levels of GBV among adolescents girls and young women. Mental health disorders with substance abuse due to accumulated conflicts, hardship, and lack of basic services and support are more and more prevalent, especially among younger cohorts of the Afghan population, including children and women. Restrictions on education for girls, but also the possible revision of education curricula, are affecting access to education and the pursuit of knowledge."}, {"bbox": [96, 614, 1135, 749], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will ensure that the specific needs of young men and women are taken into account, including by engaging with CSOs representing their interests, where available. Particular attention will be paid to address mental health issues and drug dependency, access to economic and livelihood opportunities, basic skills, and the provision of health services. Young women and girls are also among those targeted by protection activities for survivors of sexual and gender based violence."}, {"bbox": [96, 759, 245, 788], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Human Rights"}, {"bbox": [96, 798, 927, 828], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will ensure the implementation of the human rights-based approach principles:"}, {"bbox": [134, 838, 477, 866], "category": "List-item", "text": "- applying all human rights for all;"}, {"bbox": [134, 866, 818, 893], "category": "List-item", "text": "- meaningful and inclusive participation and access to decision-making;"}, {"bbox": [134, 893, 475, 919], "category": "List-item", "text": "- non-discrimination and equality;"}, {"bbox": [134, 919, 517, 945], "category": "List-item", "text": "- accountability and rule of law for all;"}, {"bbox": [134, 945, 537, 971], "category": "List-item", "text": "- transparency and access to information."}, {"bbox": [96, 982, 668, 1011], "category": "Text", "text": "A protection mainstreaming approach will be pursued as well."}, {"bbox": [96, 1021, 1135, 1156], "category": "Text", "text": "All categories of the community, with a special attention to populations living in the most vulnerable situations such as women, girls, boys, and all ethnic minorities, will have access to services under this Action. Health services will be provided to the entire population, with a focus on under-served areas. A specific attention will be given to groups exposed to unequal access to education, particularly girls. A human rights-based approach will be integrated in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all actions."}, {"bbox": [96, 1166, 197, 1195], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Disability"}, {"bbox": [96, 1205, 1135, 1314], "category": "Text", "text": "As per OECD Disability DAC codes identified in section 1.1, this Action is labelled as D1. This implies that mental health and disability are core components of the Basic Package of Health Services and the Essential Package of Hospital Services, and therefore this Action will continue expanding health services to persons with disabilities. Disability inclusion will also be mainstreamed in livelihoods interventions."}, {"bbox": [96, 1324, 377, 1353], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Fight against discrimination"}, {"bbox": [96, 1362, 1135, 1445], "category": "Text", "text": "Basic social services are provided to the whole population. However, groups living in the most vulnerable situations or the most subject to discriminations, including women, children, ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities, are specifically targeted by this Action."}, {"bbox": [96, 1455, 489, 1484], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Conflict sensitivity, peace and resilience"}, {"bbox": [96, 1494, 1135, 1550], "category": "Text", "text": "The elements of the conflict analysis screening conducted in 2020-2021 that are still relevant in the new context will be factored into the design of activities covered by this Action."}, {"bbox": [96, 1559, 1135, 1643], "category": "Text", "text": "Flexibility will contribute to ensuring that the activities covered by this Action can be more easily coordinated with humanitarian assistance. Conflict sensitivity will be taken into consideration in the Action by ensuring the alignment of do-no-harm approaches with the EU principled approach. This will include for example inclusive"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1145, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 17 of 33"}]