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A look back at the 2010s: A decade of voices and choices

23 December 2019
The world has seen both peril and promise in the last 10 years.
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In the Sahel, where motherhood is deadliest, midwives are saving lives

22 November 2019
The first woman to give birth at Fatoumata Diallo's clinic named her daughter after the midwife. © Vincent Tremeau/World Bank
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In Mauritania, imams take to radio waves to say child marriage is against Islam

09 December 2019
At the radio station in Selibabi, Mauritania. © World Bank/Vincent Tremeau
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Real men respect women, says school for husbands in Burkina Faso

03 October 2019
The school for husbands and future husbands teaches men to empower their wives through behavior change. Here, men practice domestic skills to ease the burden on their wives. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
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Global efforts show progress on making women and girls feel safe

30 September 2019
The comprehensive sexuality education workshops in Jujuy create safe spaces for youth to speak freely. © UNFPA Argentina/Clara Campos
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Joy after a frightening preterm delivery in Liberia

16 September 2019
Doctors, nurses and midwives celebrate with Anna Bondo as she leaves the Neonatal Unit with her daughter Dorcas. © UNFPA Liberia
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A guiding hand: School counsellors in Sierra Leone address early pregnancy, child marriage

18 March 2019
Fatmata Sesay reenrolled in school after becoming pregnant at age 15. © UNFPA Sierra Leone/Salim Kamara
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Female Islamic preachers call for women’s rights, contraception in Niger

27 February 2019
In this Islamic study group, older women bring up questions that younger women are too embarrassed to raise. © UNFPA WCARO/Habibou Dia
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Surviving Ebola: “I was so afraid to die and be put in a body bag”

18 February 2019
Jémima Masika was infected with Ebola and survived. © UNFPA DRC/Brigitte Kiaku
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