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Passage to change: Empowering adolescent girls this International Women’s Day

07 March 2016
Action for Adolescent Girls is slowly transforming the lives of adolescent girls in Udaipur district, India. © UNFPA India/Arvind Jodna
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On the move: A new mobile clinic reaches refugee women in the Balkans

01 March 2016
Shagah (left) and Morsay (right) outside the mobile clinic after Morsay's check up. © UNFPA
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Say #IDONT to fight child marriage this Valentine's Day

12 February 2016
An outraged passer bye tries to get the young bride's attention during a staged photo shoot drawing attention to the issue of child marriage in Lebanon. © KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation, Lebanon
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Flight from Syria: The story of one child bride

05 February 2016
Syrian refugees in front of the tent where Haneen and her family previously lived in southern Lebanon. © UNFPA/David Brunetti
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Girlhood, Not Motherhood

Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy

Number of pages: 58

Publication date: 01 December 2015

Author: UNFPA

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10 things you didn’t know about the world’s population

13 April 2015
These 10 facts about the world show signs of enormous progress – yet still not enough. © UNFPA/Anna Adhikari
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Universal Access to Reproductive Health: Progress and Challenges

Number of pages: 102

Publication date: 01 January 2016

Author: UNFPA

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Universal access to reproductive health affects and is affected by many aspects of life. It involves individuals’ most intimate relationships, including negotiation and decision-making within these relationships, and interactions with health providers regarding contraceptive methods and options.

This report seeks to identify areas where reproductive health has advanced or not according to four main indicators: Adolescent birth rate, contraceptive prevalence rate, unmet need for family planning rate, proportion of demand for contraception satisfied.

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Harmful traditions contribute to traumatic birth injuries in Chad

07 January 2016
Micheline Yotoudjim (left), a fistula survivor, helps other women with obstetric fistula through the treatment process. Here, she sits with a woman at the National Centre for Fistula Treatment in N'Djamena, Chad. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
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Youth advocates take on child marriage, gender inequality in Albania

14 December 2015
Throughout her adolescence, Gina* was pressured to leave school and get married. Today, she is a youth advocate, working to promote the rights and well-being of other young girls. © Observatory for Children’s Rights
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