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UNFPA Provides Support for Women and Girls as Humanitarian Situation Deteriorates in Central African Republic

19 December 2013
Young people line up at the Don Bosco Youth Centre in Bangui, one the sites where thousands of people have taken refuge from the latest surge in sectarian violence ravaging Central African Republic. UNFPA has deployed emergency assistance to displaced women and youth affected by the fighting, delivering dignity and safe birth kits, as well as life-saving supplies. <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA CAR</i>
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In the News

Saving Mothers' and Babies' Lives in Democratic Republic of the Congo

20 November 2013
<i>Photo:</i> <i> <span>&copy;</span> Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+</i>
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News

Experts call for Youth Empowerment, Sexual and Reproductive Health

14 November 2013
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Press Release

World Bank Group, UNFPA, Pledge to Improve Maternal and Reproductive Health of Women and Adolescent Girls in Africa’s Sahel Region

11 November 2013
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News

Family Planning Conference Highlights Political Commitment and the Importance of Youth

12 November 2013
<p>Balanish Gamada (left) is one of three million volunteer leaders mobilized across Ethiopia to provide counselling and help increase the use of health services, including family planning. She is responsible for a population of 38,000 in her local administrative district of Aleltu, close to the capital Addis Ababa. <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA/Etienne Franca</i> </p>
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News

Providing ‘Safe Spaces’ for Adolescent Girls in Niger

08 November 2013
<p>Young girls share their impressions about how they are already benefitting from the &lsquo;safe space&rsquo; programme with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Osotimehin. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Niger/Moussa Abdou Saley</i> </p>
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UN, World Bank Boost Support for Women’s Health, Girls’ Education in Africa’s Sahel

07 November 2013
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Opinion

Act Now, Act Big to End Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

06 November 2013
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News

Graduating Health Pioneers in the World’s Youngest Country

21 October 2013
<p>Newly graduated midwives and nurses celebrate as they obtain their diplomas from the Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery in South Sudan. <i>Photo: &copy; UNFPA/South Sudan</i> </p>
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News

Towards Ending Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

08 October 2013
<p>Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin (right), the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura (centre), and the Director-General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Tewodros Melesse, are visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo in an effort to deepen political commitment in the fight against sexual violence in the country. <i>Photo: &copy; Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque/UNFPA</i> </p>
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