News

Better suicide prevention and mental health care needed among Myanmar’s most vulnerable

04 March 2020
Young people in Myanmar face a variety of risk factors for depression and other mental health disorders, including exposure to conflict and humanitarian crisis. © UNFPA Myanmar
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Video

#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM

February 18, 2019

Kenza 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. 

Statement

Unleashing youth power: A decade of accelerating actions towards zero female genital mutilation

06 February 2020
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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.

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News

From child brides and FGM survivors to leaders on a global stage

03 January 2020
Survivors and advocates Nachaki, Rosillah and Eunice speak with advocate and psychotherapist Leyla Hussein at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25. (L-R) Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Pratt/Too Young to Wed.
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News

In Mauritania, imams take to radio waves to say child marriage is against Islam

09 December 2019
At the radio station in Selibabi, Mauritania. © World Bank/Vincent Tremeau
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News

Young voices demand to be heard: Celebrating young activists on Human Rights Day

10 December 2019
Ms. Banda reads the inscription on her award, which comes from members of her community: “Thank you our fierce fighter, Memory." Image from video feed.
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