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Harnessing the potential of Africa’s youth

15 April 2014
Africa's youth population is growing rapidly. A school in Bamako, Mali, newly rehabilitated by UN engineers. Photo credit: UN Photo/Marco Dormino
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Making Youth Participation a Reality

13 April 2014
<p>Youth activists speak at a panel at UN headquarters, New York. <i>Photo credit: UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz</i> </p>
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Mapping a Sustainable Development Agenda for the 21st Century

09 April 2014
From left to right: Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA; Wanda Nowicka, Co-Founder of the Federation for Women and Family Planning of Poland; Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Joaquim Alberto Chissano, Former President of the Republic of Mozambique; Mariela Castro Esp&iacute;n, Director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education; and Ishita Chaudhry, Founder and Executive Director of the YP Foundation, India. Photo credit: Elsa Ruiz Photography
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Indigenous Girls in Guatemala Break the Cycle of Poverty

02 April 2014
<p>Girl leaders in Xesacmalja, Guatemala, speak about the skills they've learned through Abriendo Oportunidades. <i>Photo Credit: UNFPA</i> <br/> &nbsp;</p>
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Empowering Youth to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

12 March 2014
<p>Madame Chantal Compaor&eacute;, First Lady of Burkina Faso (centre) with Aissata Camara (left) and other young participants invited to take part in the side-event on ending female genital mutilation/cutting. <i>Photo credit: Aissata Camara</i> </p>
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Volunteering Talent and Experience to Deliver for Women and Girls

28 February 2014
UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Kate Gilmore and UNV Executive Coordinator Richard Dictus signed a Memorandum of Understanding reaffirming the long-standing development partnership between the two agencies. Photo credit: UNFPA
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Visit by a Crown Princess

29 January 2014
<p>Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (centre) and a group of Myanmar youth.</p>
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India Launches its National Adolescent Health Strategy

17 January 2014
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First Tacloban Born Baby in 2014

31 December 2013
<p>A picture of the baby girl and her mother Vivian Aplaca.</p>
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Young Women and HIV in Guyana: Asserting their Right to Protect Themselves

30 November 2013
<p>Participants in the 'Comprehensive Empowerment Programme for the Reduction of Unplanned Pregnancies Among Adolescent Mothers', sponsored by the Guyanese grassroots organization Women Across Differences and UNFPA. <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA Guyana</i> </p>
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