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Uganda: Choice not Chance (English Version)

September 2, 2014

In Uganda today family planning is at the top of the agenda. At the moment there are 34 million citizens but the country has one of the fastest growing populations anywhere in the world. On average each woman will give birth to six children.

Video

Life on the Edge: Sorie K

September 2, 2014

Sorie Kondi, blind from birth, has been called Sierra Leone's Stevie Wonder - but that may be premature. Still trying to make it as a world musician, Sorie's worried about the future of his daughter Zainab.

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Bringing Family Planning to Remote Lao Villages

September 2, 2014

Community-based provision of family planning services is an important and effective modality for reaching remote areas where the poverty rate is high and formal health facilities do not exist.

Media Advisory

Multi-million Dollar Partnership for Sahel's Development to be Reinforced by African Governments, UN, World Bank

18 September 2014
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Media Advisory

Decision Makers, Development Experts, Lawmakers, Meet in Stockholm to Reinforce Importance of Population Issues to Future Development Agenda

17 April 2014
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News

Harnessing the potential of Africa’s youth

15 April 2014
Africa's youth population is growing rapidly. A school in Bamako, Mali, newly rehabilitated by UN engineers. Photo credit: UN Photo/Marco Dormino
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Statement

Conclusions of the 2014 Commission on Population and Development

14 April 2014
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News

Mapping a Sustainable Development Agenda for the 21st Century

09 April 2014
From left to right: Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA; Wanda Nowicka, Co-Founder of the Federation for Women and Family Planning of Poland; Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Joaquim Alberto Chissano, Former President of the Republic of Mozambique; Mariela Castro Espín, Director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education; and Ishita Chaudhry, Founder and Executive Director of the YP Foundation, India. Photo credit: Elsa Ruiz Photography
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Speech

Human Progress and Sustainability for All

04 April 2014
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News

Women, Girls Must Top Development Agenda

04 April 2014
<p>Women and girls must be a priority, said participants in a high-level debate at the United Nations. <i>Photo Credit: UNFPA/Omar Kasrawi</i> </p>
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