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Youth offer solutions to global problems, if leaders take action now

18 July 2017

Edith Nambalirwa is reaching other youth with her entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health. © UNFPA ESARO/Corrie Butler

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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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Workplace family planning project empowers women, and is good business

07 July 2017

When Mae Esparcia returned to work after having a baby, she was able to access contraceptive pills through a workplace family planning programme. ©UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor

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Family planning: empowering people, developing nations

11 July 2017

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Counsellors reach out to Kachin communities to end gender violence

23 May 2017

The staff at the Women's and Girls' Centre in Waing Maw, in Myanmar, are working with communities to stop gender-based violence. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming

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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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South Sudan clashes force pregnant women into the bush, over the border

28 April 2017

Rose Akongo, 26, was in labour by the time she arrived at the border post. © UNFPA Uganda/Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi

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UNFPA responds to gender violence in conflict-scarred Kachin

07 April 2017

“The most difficult part of my job is the repeated cases, where the husband will not change his behaviour, where the wife is not able to leave, and where she is abused again and again,” says caseworker Lu Bu. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming

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Efforts to end FGM must be intensified, leaders urge

17 March 2017

Shaimaa Ahmed Ali teaches members of her community about the harms of female genital mutilation (FGM). © UNFPA Egypt/Sima Diab

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Sex selection leads to dangerous gender imbalance; new programme to tackle root causes

15 March 2017

Son preference has led to skewed gender ratios in many Asian and Eastern European countries. The Dedalamazishvili family, in Georgia, participates in a documentary photography project raising awareness of the value of girls. © Dina Oganova for UNFPA Georgia