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Muslim minority women break barriers to embrace family planning in Nepal

11 April 2019
Local volunteers show Nepali families the benefits of voluntary family planning. ©UNFPA Nepal
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World must work harder to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all, says new UNFPA report

10 April 2019
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Vast numbers of women lack decision-making power over their own bodies, says UNFPA flagship report

10 April 2019
Marta Paula, from Guinea-Bissau, was hospitalized when she gave birth at 13. Doctors were worried she might die. Today, she calls for young people to have access to family planning. © UNFPA/I. Barbosa
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“Why me?” – Stigma, lack of information leave Myanmar youth in the dark on HIV

10 January 2019
Condoms at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. Sithu, 21, did not know how to protect himself from HIV. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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Born at the end of a rope: Embracing indigenous childbirth traditions to save lives

14 February 2019
Health workers have learned to respect indigenous childbirth traditions, such as vertical delivery using a rope. © UNFPA Peru/Juan Pablo Casapia
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