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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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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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Press Release

Global Leaders Commit Support for UNFPA at London Family Planning Summit

13 July 2017
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Power Her Choices

July 11, 2017

Family planning is a human right. Yet in developing countries, 214 million women don't have the power to decide their future. With Power Her Choices, UNFPA, United Colors of Benetton and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are calling attention to this unacceptable situation.  

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One year after Ebola’s end, Sierra Leone's midwives help mend health system

19 June 2017
Midwifery students listen to a fetal heartbeat. A new generation of midwives will shore up reproductive health care in Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone. © Olivia Acland, United Nations
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Press Release

Nutrition International and UNFPA partner to improve women and adolescent girls’ health

11 July 2017
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Speech

Family Planning Summit Opening Plenary Remarks

11 July 2017
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In Sierra Leone, family planning for a better future

July 10, 2017

In Sierra Leone, teenage pregnancies are commonplace, and school completion rates are unacceptably low. But family planning programmes, supported by UNFPA, are empowering people to choose if and when to have children, and how many children to have. By enabling young people to stay in school and find productive employment, family planning is helping Sierra Leoneans to pursue better futures for themselves and their families. 

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Family planning: empowering people, developing nations

11 July 2017
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