News

How to be a man: Bolivian men and boys work to eliminate gender-based violence

22 December 2014
Boys and men are challenging ideas about masculinity and dominance over women, helping to address Bolivia's high rates of violence against women. © UNFPA Bolivia
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News

Jamaica Offers a Model for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies while Supporting Young Mothers

27 August 2013
Talking to adolescents about sex can make for important but sometimes uncomfortable conversations<strong>.</strong> <i>Photo: Basil Jones for UNFPA</i>
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Video

Empowering Young People: Ethiopia

December 12, 2014

Voices of young people: video collage produced by UNFPA Ethiopia. 

News

Girl leaders come together to advocate for their rights in Mozambique

08 December 2014
Adolescent girl activists attend the UNFPA-supported National Girls’ Conference in Maputo, Mozambique. © UNFPA Mozambique
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News

In Myanmar, changing what it means to live with HIV

03 December 2014
Chan Chan,19, contracted HIV when she was 9 years old from a syringe at a clinic in Rakhine State, Myanmar. She wants to change how people view the illness. © UNFPA Myanmar/Ben Manser
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News

Huge potential for economic growth requires fulfilling the promise of youth, flagship report says

18 November 2014
Students attend a workshop focused on their rights and potential, held during a conference in Apia, Samoa. Credit: UNFPA Pacific/Ariela Zibiah
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Video

Youth: Paving a Way to Tunisia's Future

November 18, 2014

In 2011, Tunisians took to the street to demand their rights. This was a revolution that brought youth and especially young women to the front to demand their freedom and a chance at real democracy. And today young women like Samah Krichah, a young activist who works as a partner with UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, continue to be at the front of the continued push towards fair representation.

Resources

UNFPA strategy on Adolescents and Youth

Resource date: 2013

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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News

In race to save women's lives, solutions are within reach, says UNFPA head

21 September 2014
<p>Maternal and neonatal death rates remain stubbornly high, studies show. But the solutions to these problems are known, and deceptively simple. <i>Photo credit: Jerome Sessini/Magnum Photos</i> </p>
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Publications

The Case for Investing in Young People 2005

Number of pages: 64

Publication date: 01 January 2005

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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This paper presents evidence and analysis to support the integration of young people’s rights, needs, and aspirations in poverty reduction strategies. It shows how to make a convincing and evidence-based case for prioritizing the needs of young people among other competing claims for resources for the poverty eradication agenda.
 
It shows how to make a convincing and evidence-based case for prioritizing the needs of young people among other competing claims for resources for the poverty eradication agenda.
 
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