IR 8.3 ADOLECSENCE KNOWLEDGE & POLICY Policy advocacy on young people's issues is informed by an enhanced knowledge base and updated statistics disaggregated by sex., which contributes to Adolescent Empowerment, Cross-Sectoral Communication For Development, Cross-Sectoral Monitoring, Data And Situation Analyses. UNICEF aims to achieve this through Systems Strengthening And Institution Building. This contributes to the following Country Programme result:  Adolescents possess the necessary knowledge and skills for healthy and productive lifestyles and active citizenship, within a
supportive policy environment.