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Escape at dawn: running away from child marriage and FGM in Kenya

06 September 2017
Faith (centre) with her friends Sylvia (right) and Vivian, who all ran away from home to avoid female genital mutilation and child marriage. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo
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“I decide for myself”: South Sudanese woman shows the power of knowledge

05 September 2017
Elizabeth Ayumpou Balang speaks with a midwife during her antenatal check-up at the Kiir Mayardit Women's Hospital in Rumbek. ©UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
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Girls' voices essential in Philippines campaign against teen pregnancy

21 August 2017
Shaina, 16, spoke out about the challenges facing girls at the launch of a campaign to address adolescent pregnancy. © UNFPA Philippines
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For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

10 August 2017
Asha Ali Ibrahim, a local circumciser, with her granddaughter, who is due to be cut this year. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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Tens of thousands of girls reached through Mozambique empowerment programme

09 August 2017
Edma teaches girls the skills and knowledge they need to protect themselves, stay in school and demand their rights. © UNFPA/Helene Christensen
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Teen pregnancies, and attendant health risks, a major concern in El Salvador

03 August 2017
Globally, pregnancy-related complications are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15 to 19. Photograph by Lucy Tomasino
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To secure a better future, teens in Sierra Leone look to family planning

10 July 2017
Aminata Kabba became pregnant at 15. She says she wishes she had known about family planning. © MSSL
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To end violence against women, Cambodian project teaches healthy relationships

20 July 2017
A pilot programme is working to stop the cycle of violence in Cambodia, where half of women and a quarter of men say wife beating can be justified. © UNFPA Cambodia/Sophanara Pen
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Youth offer solutions to global problems, if leaders take action now

18 July 2017
Edith Nambalirwa is reaching other youth with her entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health. © UNFPA ESARO/Corrie Butler
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With bicycles, impoverished indigenous girls in Guatemala get a taste of freedom

25 April 2017
Indigenous girls in northern Guatemala must often travel great distances to get to school, a factor that leads to high drop out rates. Bicycles help them stay in school. © UNFPA/Alejandro De León
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