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For girls escaping FGM in rural Tanzania, crowdsourced maps show the way to safety

22 October 2018

Ending FGM takes a multi-pronged approach – from offering a refuge for girls at acute risk to engaging families and communities to raise awareness of the harm it causes, and transform the social norms that uphold the practice. Here, girls in Tanzania’s Mara region participate in an alternative rites of passage camp at the UNFPA-supported Masanga Centre. © UNFPA/Mandela Gregoire

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Beauty for Everyone educational program from L'Oreal Ukraine and UN Population Fund

17 Jul 2018

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UN Youth Strategy commits support to a new generation of leaders

25 September 2018

Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake (left, with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen at a pre-launch panel), opened the launch with a call to listen to young people who have “broken barriers and shaken systems.” © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet

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A turning point for girls' and women’s menstrual health in Africa

30 May 2018

Faith Kiraison, an advocate for girls' rights and health, teaches her peers about menstrual health management. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo

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Companies reach more than 1 million with family planning information in Philippines

18 July 2018

Phoebe Tamondong, 25, learned about family planning through a UNFPA-supported programme at her company. © UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor

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For Syrian engineering students, a hackathon increases employment opportunities

07 Aug 2018

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Going mobile: Using phones to connect young people to clinics

20 Jul 2018

Youth explore the iloveLife platform. © UNFPA South Africa

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Five reasons migration is a feminist issue

09 April 2018

The needs of migrant women and girls are falling through the cracks. Izdihar, a Syrian refugee in Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan/Sima Diab

Drivers and consequences of youth mixed migration

10 April 2018

United Nations Headquarters, New York

Opening Segment of the 51st session of the Commission on Population and Development

09 April 2018

United Nations Headquarters, New York

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