Empowering Young People: Ethiopia
Voices of young people: video collage produced by UNFPA Ethiopia.
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“First School, Then Marriage and Babies”
30 October 20131
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Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia
08 April 20101
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Jamaica Offers a Model for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies while Supporting Young Mothers
27 August 20131
H6 Partnership
The H6 partnership (formerly H4+) harnesses the collective strengths of the UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO, UNAIDS, and the World Bank Group to advance the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) Global Strategy and support country leadership and action for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health.
Adding It Up 2014: Sub-Saharan Africa Fact Sheet
Each year, 183,000 women die in Sub-Saharan Africa from pregnancy-related causes, and 1.2 million newborns die in the first month of life. Most of these deaths could be prevented with adequate medical care.
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Adding It Up 2014: Latin America and Caribbean Fact Sheet
In Latin America and the Caribbean, 62 per cent of women aged 15-49 want to avoid a pregnancy. However, 22 per cent of these women—23 million in 2014—are not using an effective contraceptive method.
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