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Investing in youth pays dividends, evidence from Sri Lanka shows

09 July 2014
<p>Anoka Abeyrante, a young environmentalist and lawyer, speaks about transforming Sri Lanka's ecology during the launch of "Generation Youth." <i>Photo credit: UNFPA</i> </p>
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Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine, Myanmar

19 June 2014
Rahae Na Bagum, 19, holds her 18-month-old baby at Dai Pai Hospital in Rakhine State, in September 2013, before humanitarian staff were evacuated following attacks in March 2014. Photo credit: UNFPA Myanmar
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Training helps Filipino police officer uncover human trafficking case

18 June 2014
<p>Carmela Bastes (standing), a social welfare officer with the Tacloban City Social Welfare Development Office, promotes awareness on gender-based violence and human trafficking in communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Philippines</i> </p>
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Myanmar’s “red angel” midwives prepare to bring care to displaced women in Rakhine

28 May 2014
<p>A "red angel" midwife cares for a mother and her newborn in Yangon, Myanmar. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA/Benny Manser</i> </p>
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In Nepal, fight against obstetric fistula marches on

23 May 2014
In her village in Nepal, Pramila Chaurisiya advocates for women to receive treatment for obstetric fistula. Photo credit: UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri
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A new lease on life for women living with obstetric fistula in Afghanistan

22 May 2014
<p>Sharifa (left) at the Malalai Maternity Hospital talking to the doctor that treated her fistula, Dr. Pashtoon Kohistani. <i>Photo credit: Zainab Hiadary/UNFPA Afghanistan</i> </p>
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Holding out a hand: Youth-to-youth initiative making a difference in Mongolia

21 May 2014
<p>Students at a technical and vocational education training led by UNFPA&nbsp; brainstorm ideas on what an ideal Youth Development Centre would look like. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA/Dustin Barter</i> </p>
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The colour purple, changing the future of Afghan mothers

09 May 2014
<p>From left to right: Aqela, Masooma and Fatima, students at the Community Midwifery School in Kabul. <i>Photo credit: Maria Blanco Lora/UNFPA.</i> </p>
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Mothers, Youth Displaced by Solomon Islands Flooding

30 April 2014
<p>Flooding has left a broad swath of destruction in the Solomon Islands. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Pacific/Maha Muna</i> </p>
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Midwives, emergency care key to reducing Cambodia’s maternal deaths

23 April 2014
A woman and her child in Kampong, Cambodia. Maternal death rates in Cambodia are among the worst in the region. Photo credit: WFP/Polly Egerton
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