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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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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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Cursed no more – women in western Ethiopia reject childbirth alone in the bush

28 July 2017

Women participate in a community discussion about ending practices that are harmful to women and girls. In this session, they are talking about child marriage. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Meron Negash

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After devastating birth injuries, 33 women’s lives transformed

14 July 2017

A young woman at a fistula-repair campaign in Batouri, Cameroon. Obstetric fistula is a life-altering childbirth injury that afflicts the world's most marginalized women. But it can be repaired – and prevented. © UNFPA Cameroon/Olive Bonga

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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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Study shows meeting adolescents’ health needs would yield tenfold return

20 April 2017

Girls from the Safeguard Young People programme in Malawi, which provides sexual and reproductive health information, helps young people access health services, and offers leadership training. © UNFPA Malawi/Hope Ngwira

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Contraceptives a game changer for crisis-affected women in northern Nigeria

14 June 2017

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UNFPA on Standby to Provide Psychosocial Support, Reproductive Health Care to Just-Freed Chibok Girls

08 May 2017

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The Lancet: Investing in adolescent health, education could bring tenfold economic benefit

19 April 2017