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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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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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“First School, Then Marriage and Babies”

30 October 2013
<p>Arnela, 18, bottle-feeds her 18-month old daughter in her pram while Sabrina, 17 (left), cradles her 28-day old son on her lap. <i>Photo &copy; Jason D. Jones / UNFPA</i> </p>
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A mother in Zimbabwe delivers four “miracle” babies

29 December 2014
Nurse Langelisha Zamisa (left) and Elizabeth Moyana (right) hold Ms. Moyana's quadruplets at Chiredzi General Hospital.© UNFPA Zimbabwe/Stewart Muchapera
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UN calls for intensified efforts to end fistula

23 December 2014
Fistula survivors who have recently received treatment now participate in a livelihood programme in National Center for Fistula Treatment, N'Djamena, Chad. The programme aims to successfully reintegrate survivors into their communities. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
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Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

08 April 2010
A former circumciser teaching community members on harms of FGM/C. Photo: Abraham Gelaw
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Midwives Deliver for the Women of the World

02 May 2013
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