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For most vulnerable Nigerian women, high rates of traumatic birth injury

16 November 2017
Women and girls are waiting for a fistula repair at Maiduguri’s State Specialist Hospital © Anne Wittenberg/UNFPA
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Trailblazing all-girl cricket tournament calls for bowling out child marriage

14 November 2017
Gudiya Chaudhary traveled 35 km to participate in the tournament, which was the first of its kind in the district. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri
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Ending child marriage in Sierra Leone

October 25, 2017

UNFPA and UNICEF are jointly implementing the Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage. The Global Programme approach recognises that ending child marriage will involve addressing complex socio-cultural and structural factors which contribute to child marriage over an extended period.

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In Cambodia, push to end maternal deaths in remote areas

08 November 2017
Romam Pchuek reaches out to pregnant women in Ratanakiri, encouraging them to seek appropriate care. © UNFPA/ Matthew Taylor
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Gender inequality, lack of information fuel teen pregnancies in Timor-Leste

23 October 2017
Natalia dropped out of school after becoming pregnant. © UNFPA/Ruth Carr
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From child bride to beauty expert: one Jordanian woman’s story

19 October 2017
Child marriage rates are rising in Jordan, according to a recent report. © UNFPA Jordan/ Elspeth Dehnert
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Girls speak out on inequality

11 October 2017
What does gender inequality look like? These five girls can tell you. Illustration by Bodil Jane for UNFPA.
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Escape at dawn: running away from child marriage and FGM in Kenya

06 September 2017
Faith (centre) with her friends Sylvia (right) and Vivian, who all ran away from home to avoid female genital mutilation and child marriage. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo
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