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Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

14 July 2017
Kate and Samuel Opio with their twins at Inomo Health Centre III, in Uganda's Apac District. They now plan to use a modern contraceptive method. © UNFPA/Prossy Jonker Nakanjako
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With bicycles, impoverished indigenous girls in Guatemala get a taste of freedom

25 April 2017
Indigenous girls in northern Guatemala must often travel great distances to get to school, a factor that leads to high drop out rates. Bicycles help them stay in school. © UNFPA/Alejandro De León
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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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Contraceptives a game changer for crisis-affected women in northern Nigeria

14 June 2017
Access to contraceptives helped Hajja Fati finish her education. © UNFPA Nigeria/Kori Habib
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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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For many women in Ukraine, escape from conflict not an escape from violence

07 June 2017
UNFPA mobile teams have reached thousands of survivors of gender-based violence in Ukraine. © UNFPA/Maks Levin
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Midwives offer care, dignity and a lifeline for Haiti's mothers

04 May 2017
"We are rewarded when we hear the newborn’s cry and see the mother’s smile," said midwife Résia Pierre Pierre (right). © UNFPA Haiti
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Young people call for education, health care, rights – and politicians are listening

19 May 2017
Young people face myriad barriers to realizing their human rights, including poor access to education and health care. And girls are especially vulnerable, facing discrimination, violence and high rates of early pregnancy. © UNFPA
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