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Women Deliver: Empowered Women and Their Powerful Stories

09 June 2010
From left to right- Sarah Omega, Awatif Altayib, Dr. Nafis Sadik,Laxmi Tamang and Viviana Palacious. Photo: Moises Saman
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Empowering Girls in Nepal to Say ‘No’ to Child Marriage

09 October 2012
With the help of her Choose Your Future classmates, Usha blocked her parents' plans to have her married at 15. Photo: William A. Ryan<
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Malagasy Women Wounded by Child Marriage and its Aftermath

10 October 2012
<p>Alphonsine has lived for nearly 20 years with obstetric fistula and resulting incontinence.&nbsp; She underwent a surgical repair, but needs to undergo another.&nbsp; Photo: UNFPA Madagascar</p>
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Ugandan Communities Scrutinize a Violent – Sometimes Deadly – Rite of Passage

01 February 2013
These schoolchildren in the Moroto district, where FGM/C is still prevalent, were shown a video that explains the negative consequences of the practice. In the past, this information was hidden from them
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Protecting the Rights, Unleashing the Potential of Indigenous Girls in Rural Guatemala

14 May 2013
Abriendo Oportunidades offers safe spaces, mentoring, educational opportunities and solidarity for adolescent Mayan girls. It also introduces new possibilities into their lives. Photo &copy; Mark Tuschman
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Combating Tanzania's high child marriage rates

15 September 2014
Students and teachers at the Jangwani Girls' Secondary School, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, listen to a presentation about girls' rights during the launch of a national campaign to end child marriage. Photo credit: RCO/Selemani Kitenge
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Child marriage takes a brutal toll on Syrian girls

15 October 2014
Nour, 12, was forced into an abusive marriage. She is now receiving support from the staff at the UNFPA-supported Al Halbouni clinic in Damascus, Syria. Credit: UNFPA, Hamada Smesem
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