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What do young people really think about having kids?
August 12, 2025We 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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My Body, My Life, My World
A global strategy for adolescents and youth
Number of pages: 31
Publication date: 12 August 2019
Author: UNFPA
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Breaking taboos around sexual and reproductive health in rural Georgia
21 June 20181
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Architect Not Child Bride: A Syrian Girl’s Dream
June 19, 2018Since 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 20181
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A secret pregnancy in the Comoros: One teen’s story
07 November 20171
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Youth offer solutions to global problems, if leaders take action now
18 July 20171
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Study shows meeting adolescents’ health needs would yield tenfold return
20 April 20171