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What do young people really think about having kids?

August 12, 2025

We hit the streets of New York to ask young people a simple question: Do you want to have kids?

Hear what they have to say and join UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—to support their freedom to choose their own lives.

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Breaking taboos around sexual and reproductive health in rural Georgia

21 June 2018
Young people from the Kakheti region of Georgia participate in peer education training on gender equality and reproductive health and rights. © UNFPA Georgia
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Architect Not Child Bride: A Syrian Girl’s Dream

June 19, 2018

Since its opening in 2015, over 1,800 young women and men in Zaatari refugee camp have benefitted from trainings on reproductive health and gender-based violence at the Questscope-UNFPA Youth Centre. This is the story of 16-year-old Yanal, who became an advocate against child marriage after learning about its harms at the UNFPA-supported youth centre in Zaatari. A film by UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert.

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Escaping child marriage in Sierra Leone

27 March 2018
Zainab Binta Jalloh was married off at age 15. Today, she is outspoken about her experience and the need for change. Image courtesy of Zainab.
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A secret pregnancy in the Comoros: One teen’s story

07 November 2017
UNFPA works with youth groups to provide sexual and reproductive health information and services. A UNFPA-supported HIV screening for young people in Moroni. © UNFPA Comoros
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Youth offer solutions to global problems, if leaders take action now

18 July 2017
Edith Nambalirwa is reaching other youth with her entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health. © UNFPA ESARO/Corrie Butler
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Study shows meeting adolescents’ health needs would yield tenfold return

20 April 2017
Girls from the Safeguard Young People programme in Malawi, which provides sexual and reproductive health information, helps young people access health services, and offers leadership training. © UNFPA Malawi/Hope Ngwira
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