Diego Palacios, UNFPA Country Representative to India and Bhutan, called on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Tuesday.
Palacios, who is on a three-day visit to the State, discussed various issues concerning to development of women and youth with the Chief Minister.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has been working in Odisha for empowering young people, girls and women with support to policies and programmes in partnership with the Government as well as non-Governmental agencies.
Some of the important interventions are promoting life skills education for adolescents in tribal residential schools, strengthening response to gender based violence, family planning programme and youth empowerment. Palacios is also scheduled to meet Ministers and officials from the departments of ST and SC Development, Sports and Youth Services, Women and Child Development and Health and Family Welfare. The UNPFA is in the process of developing its next five-year ‘Country Programme’ from 2018 to 2022.