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Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

10 July 2018
Family health houses are helping midwives provide reproductive health care in far-flung parts of Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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After ‘Volcano of Fire’ eruption, women and girls face heightened risks

05 July 2018
Women and girls require security, health care and other services in the aftermath of the disaster. © UNFPA Guatemala/Carlos Sebastián
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Sir Prince Ramsey, Guttmacher Institute and Save a Child’s Heart recognized with UN Population Award

26 June 2018
Martha Pobee, Ghana's Permanent Representative and Chair of the Committee for the United Nations Population Award, together with United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, who serves as the Award Committee's Secretary, at the 2018 UN Population Awards. © UNFPA/ Usenabasi Esiet
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Breaking taboos around sexual and reproductive health in rural Georgia

21 June 2018
Young people from the Kakheti region of Georgia participate in peer education training on gender equality and reproductive health and rights. © UNFPA Georgia
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Architect Not Child Bride: A Syrian Girl’s Dream

Since its opening in 2015, over 1,800 young women and men in Zaatari refugee camp have benefitted from trainings on reproductive health and gender-based violence at the Questscope-UNFPA Youth Centre. This is the story of 16-year-old Yanal, who became an advocate against child marriage after learning about its harms at the UNFPA-supported youth centre in Zaatari. A film by UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert.

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Haiti vasectomy campaign draws over 300 per cent anticipated turnout

15 May 2018
Men queue to register for the vasectomy event in Port-au-Prince. Enthusiasm far exceeded expectations. © Moïse Alex Docteur/UNV
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Family planning at 50

On 13 May 1968, family planning was officially recognized as a human right at the International Conference on Human Rights. The conference’s outcome document, known as the Teheran Proclamation, stated unequivocally: “Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children.” But 50 years later, the fight for family planning is not over. See more here.