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Advancing the rights of adolescent girls creates ‘virtuous cycle’, say global leaders

09 March 2015
Young women in Guatemala. UNFPA supports programmes empowering adolescent girls to realize their rights. © UNFPA Guatemala
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Youth take the lead in Papua New Guinea

24 February 2015
Youth activist Benaiah Nari, in Papua New Guinea, helps his peers make safe and respectful sexual and reproductive health choices. © UNFPA Pacific
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Conflict-affected youth become new generation of leaders in Colombia

26 January 2015
Viviana with other leaders from the Youth Roundtable, which promotes youth participation, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and the prevention of adolescent pregnancies. © PANDI/ UNFPA Colombia
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Flash mobs converge on Viet Nam, call for access to sexual and reproductive health

28 January 2015
Young activists perform in a flash mob at a rock concert in Viet Nam, part of a series of flash mobs taking place around the country to raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health issues. © UNFPA Viet Nam
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Young Mozambican activists call on leaders to support reproductive health efforts

16 January 2015
Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina speaks to Geração Biz youth activists at a meeting in Maputo. © UNFPA Mozambique
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Universal quality education impossible without upholding girls’ and young people’s rights

24 September 2014
Students attend class in a school in Harar, Ethiopia. Photo credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
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Youth activists help adolescents beat the odds in remote Vanuatu

03 October 2014
Members of the Aneityum music project fetch firewood for a sing-along on the beach. Photo credit: UNFPA Pacific
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