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Changing minds to help child brides in Cameroon

10 January 2017
Natasha Biendi was married off when she was just 13 years old. Life as an underage wife and mother is hard. “There is too much work to do," she said. © UNFPA
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In Costa Rica, from teen mom to girls’ rights advocate

20 December 2016
Hillary Bustos Gómez found herself pregnant at 16 years old. © UNFPA/Priscilla Mora
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Not just a women’s issue: Men in Myanmar take on gender-based violence

16 December 2016
"I’m proud to be a man who stands up against domestic violence,” said Aung Htwe. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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Orange the World

December 9, 2016

In Mongolia, UNFPA holds "Orange Sessions," where artists and young people gather to explore creative new ways to end violence against women. Part of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, these sessions have inspired "Orange the World" a song and music video calling for unity in the campaign against gender-based violence. 

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After long nightmare in Ukraine, displaced family finds peace

09 December 2016
A member of the mobile team meets with Tetiana in her temporary accommodations in Kharkiv. © UNFPA/Denys Panchenko
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