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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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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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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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