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Young and Pregnant in Jamaica, But Staying in School

10 August 2010
Kazan's mother offers support to Kazan and baby Shakira. Photo:UNFPA/Jamaica
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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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Protecting the Rights, Unleashing the Potential of Indigenous Girls in Rural Guatemala

14 May 2013
Abriendo Oportunidades offers safe spaces, mentoring, educational opportunities and solidarity for adolescent Mayan girls. It also introduces new possibilities into their lives. Photo © Mark Tuschman
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Jamaica Offers a Model for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies while Supporting Young Mothers

27 August 2013
Talking to adolescents about sex can make for important but sometimes uncomfortable conversations<strong>.</strong> <i>Photo: Basil Jones for UNFPA</i>
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Indigenous Girls in Guatemala Break the Cycle of Poverty

02 April 2014
<p>Girl leaders in Xesacmalja, Guatemala, speak about the skills they've learned through Abriendo Oportunidades. <i>Photo Credit: UNFPA</i> <br/> &nbsp;</p>
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A New Midwifery School Brings Hope to Haitian Mothers

06 November 2013
Classes have begun at the new National Midwifery School in Port-Au-Prince, housed in a new earthquake-resistant building following the devastating quake that hit Haiti in January 2010. UNFPA
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Population Conference Adopts Montevideo Consensus of Wide-Ranging Priority Actions on Reproductive Health, Gender Equality, Young People

15 August 2013
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Addressing High-Risk Pregnancies in Northeast Brazil

26 June 2013
<p>Dr. Osotimehin with Dr. Dolores Fernandez, Director of IPERBA (left) at Bahia's Institute of Perinatology. Photo: Ulisses Lacava/UNFPA Brazil</p>
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Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing the ICPD in Brazil

21 June 2013
<p>The UNFPA Executive Director discussed present and future challenges for Brazil with Ricardo Paes de Barros, a Minister of the Secretariat of Strategic Affairs. Photo: <i>Photo: SAE/PR</i> </p>
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UNFPA Patron Warmly Received at Rio Youth Centre.

19 September 2012
<p>The Crown Princess was warmly received by young people in Cidade de Deus neighbourhood of Rio.</p>
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