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Philippines: Maternal Mortality Rates Not Making Sufficient Progress to Meet MDGs

07 April 2009
Filipino women in undeveloped rural areas of the Philippines are far more likely to die from childbearing than their urban counterparts.
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Teenage Pregnancy is Way of Life in Remote Laotian Villages

30 October 2013
<p>At 16, Tod is expecting her second child.&nbsp;With limited options for schooling, adolscents in some remote villages in southern Laos routinely marry and start the hard work of raising families by age 14 or 15. <i>Photo&copy;UNFPA AsiaPacific</i> </p>
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Preventing Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador

26 August 2010
Maria Victoria Urquizo(15) was raped by a co-worker when she was 14 years old. Now she lives with her baby girl at her brother's house. Photo: Trygve Olfarnes/UNFPA.
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Malagasy Women Wounded by Child Marriage and its Aftermath

10 October 2012
<p>Alphonsine has lived for nearly 20 years with obstetric fistula and resulting incontinence.&nbsp; She underwent a surgical repair, but needs to undergo another.&nbsp; Photo: UNFPA Madagascar</p>
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Ugandan Communities Scrutinize a Violent – Sometimes Deadly – Rite of Passage

01 February 2013
These schoolchildren in the Moroto district, where FGM/C is still prevalent, were shown a video that explains the negative consequences of the practice. In the past, this information was hidden from them
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Population Dynamics and the Post-2015 Development Agenda

20 November 2012
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Calling on Youth Leaders: This Is Your Chance to Effect Change

23 October 2012
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Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded

26 August 2014
Two midwives in protective gear supplied by UNFPA hand over a newborn to her mother at the Star of the Sea Clinic in West Point, Monrovia. Photo credit: UNFPA Liberia
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Breaking the Wall of Silence, Women and Girls in Morocco Open Up about Adolescent Pregnancy

29 October 2013
<p>Two young girls recount their experiences as adolescent mothers in Morocco in an effort to raise awareness about the challenges of adolescent pregnancy. They are wearing masks to remain anonymous and avoid stigma. <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA/Morocco</i> </p>
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Frequently Asked Questions

The goal of UNFPA is ensure reproductive rights for all. To accomplish this, UNFPA works to ensure that all people, especially women and young people, are able to access high-quality sexual and reproductive health services, including voluntary family planning, so that they can make informed and voluntary choices about their sexual and reproductive lives.

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