VTM - Splash
This episode of Splash - a Belgian show business programme - features Natalie Imbruglia and Goedele Liekens, who speak about their involvement in the UNFPA-led Campaign to End Fistula.
Seeking the Good Life in Guangdong
Shunde's population has doubled in four years, swelled by migrants hoping for a piece of Guangdong's boom. The State of World Population 2007 report says governments must make cities work to ease poverty and protect resources.
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Census - Counting the World
The United Nations Population Fund is the lead agency in the UN system supporting national efforts to conduct censuses, particularly in developing countries. A census is among the most important and complex peace-time exercises a nation can undertake. Read more on data for development: http://bit.ly/GBDqWX
A Teenage Mother in Manila's Slums
Janice Banaag, 18, lives with her husband and baby underneath a Manila bridge. The State of World Population 2007 report stresses the need to provide housing and healthcare, including family planning, for the urban poor.
Rural Migrants Toil in Ho Chi Minh City
To escape rural poverty, young rural migrants gladly make sacrifices in fast-growing Ho Chi Minh City. The State of World Population 2007 report says governments must make cities work to ease poverty and protect resources.
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Protecting women post-Haiyan
UNFPA is working with the Philippine National Police to keep women and girls safe after the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.
From December 2013
World Population Day Message 2014
On 11 July, as communities everywhere observe World Population Day, UNFPA is calling for investments in support of the largest-ever generation of youth.
To not invest in Africa's youth would be disastrous, says head of UNFPA
Video by the Guardian Global Development Professionals Network
Life on the edge: Scent of the street: Girls in the 'hood - Nigeria, the MDGs and women's empowermen
Nigeria has had some success in getting more women into government and business. But what about at street level - Scent of the Streets tells the story of Onyinye, Busayo and Gift - three 'Area Girls' hoping for a brighter future in Ajegunle.
#Showyourselfie: A visual petition for youth
On International Youth Day, UNFPA and Global Citizen are officially launching #showyourselfie, a global campaign to urge world leaders to prioritize the needs and rights of young people in the post-2015 development agenda – the roadmap for the world’s development over the next 15 years.