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Parliamentarians Spotlight Rights of Women and Girls

28 April 2014

A photo presentation at the 6th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo credit: EPF/Kristian Pohl

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Midwives, emergency care key to reducing Cambodia’s maternal deaths

23 April 2014

A woman and her child in Kampong, Cambodia. Maternal death rates in Cambodia are among the worst in the region. Photo credit: WFP/Polly Egerton

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Harnessing the potential of Africa’s youth

15 April 2014

Africa's youth population is growing rapidly. A school in Bamako, Mali, newly rehabilitated by UN engineers. Photo credit: UN Photo/Marco Dormino

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Human Rights Essential to Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health Agenda

10 April 2014

Women queue for sexual and reproductive health services at Kanungu Health Centre IV in Uganda. Photo credit: UNFPA/Omar Gharzeddine

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Mapping a Sustainable Development Agenda for the 21st Century

09 April 2014

From left to right: Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA; Wanda Nowicka, Co-Founder of the Federation for Women and Family Planning of Poland; Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Joaquim Alberto Chissano, Former President of the Republic of Mozambique; Mariela Castro Espín, Director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education; and Ishita Chaudhry, Founder and Executive Director of the YP Foundation, India. Photo credit: Elsa Ruiz Photography

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Statement on the Philippines Supreme Court’s Decision on the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law

09 April 2014

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The World Must Reach Those Left Behind

08 April 2014

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin launches a review of the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action. Photo Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten

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Women, Girls Must Top Development Agenda

04 April 2014

Women and girls must be a priority, said participants in a high-level debate at the United Nations. Photo Credit: UNFPA/Omar Kasrawi

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How Critical are Human Rights, Equality to Development?

01 April 2014

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Sound of Silence: Dealing with the Legacy of Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War

17 March 2014

Hasija was one of the first women to testify before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in a case of war rape, in 1996. Her hometown of Rakitnica was set ablaze during the war and her family was expelled. Her father and brother did not survive. Photo credit: Armin Smailovic/Sarajevo, 2010

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