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Maternal deaths declining in Morocco thanks to midwives, but more support needed
14 February 2020Video
#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM
February 18, 2019Kenza is a doctor in her twenties from Djibouti. In the video, she speaks of her experience with FGM as a child and the long-term consequences of the trauma.
Policy responses to low fertility: How effective are they?
Working Paper No. 1
Number of pages: 98
Publication date: 31 May 2019
Author: Tomáš Sobotka, Anna Matysiak, Zuzanna Brzozowska
Publisher: UNFPA
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Unleashing youth power: A decade of accelerating actions towards zero female genital mutilation
06 February 2020Investing in Knowledge for Ending Child Marriage Publications Catalogue 2018-2019
Resource date: 31 December 2019
Author: UNFPA and UNICEF
Ending Child Marriage and Rewriting the Future of Adolescent Girls
Resource date: 31 May 2018
Author: UNFPA
Child marriage, defined as a formal marriage or informal union before age 18, is a global issue impacting the lives of millions of girls each year and hindering progress towards development the world over. Globally, more than 700 million girls and women alive today were married as children. More than one in three of these (about 250 million) entered into union before age 15. This report to the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation covers the period of 2015 to 2017.
Low fertility: A review of the determinants
Working Paper No. 2
Publication date: 31 July 2019
Author: Elizabeth Wilkins