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Breaking the silence that led to surge in teenage pregnancies

In an environment where most families view sex as a taboo subject, parents are often in denial about their children being sexually active.

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Journalist and author Isha Sesay has joined UNFPA as its newest Goodwill Ambassador to help ...

Top journalist Isha Sesay appointed UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador

She will champion fight to end violence against women, female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage.

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Ricksani Alice, 19, was married at a young age but is now back in school, hoping to complete her ...

Communities step up efforts to end harmful practices: the inspiring story of Tilimbike Safe Community Space in Malawi

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A midwife speaks about family planning at a family planning "open house" at a health centre in Assahoun, Togo.

Health workers in West Africa “in daily danger” while providing reproductive health services

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Y-Peer volunteers wear protective gear as they assemble the dignity and hygiene kits.

Youth mobilize to support Egypt’s front-line health workers

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The Joint Programme on Girls' Education brings together teachers and parents to help keep girls in school.

Teachers and mothers join forces to keep girls in school in Malawi

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Ms. Brema trains women in her village to become electricians.

Sahel project helps women raise themselves, their communities from poverty

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The passing of laws to end child marriage resulted in blocking thousands of child marriages and enabling second chance education for girls

COVID-19 jeopardises progress made towards protecting women and girls from violence and harmful practices

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Dignity kits contain supplies to help women and girls protect themselves and their communities from the pandemic.

Dignity kits bring hygiene supplies to vulnerable communities in pandemic-affected area of the Gambia

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A health facility in Tanzania’s Simiyu region, which was renovated through a two-year programme supported by UNFPA with funding from KOICA.

Safe birth services save lives, prevent childbirth injury in Tanzania

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Aina attends a prenatal consultation with midwife Bakoly Rasoamanontany at Itaosy District Hospital of Reference.

Free transport helps pregnant women in Madagascar safely deliver amid COVID-19 lockdown

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Contact tracers are urgently being recruited, trained and deployed to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the challenges they face are similar to those in the earlier Ebola epidemic, including mistrust and misinformation.

Learning from Ebola experience, Liberia deploys contact tracers to break COVID-19 transmission

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“I will not succumb to short-lived challenges and give up,” says Dawit Mequanint, a midwife in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia's midwives grapple with the COVID-19 while ensuring safe delivery

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Yveka, 17, visits a UNFPA mobile clinic in Haiti. Haiti's former Minister of Women, Dr. Lise Marie Dejean, says many women lack autonomy over their bodies and health

Staggering numbers of women unable to exercise decision-making over their own bodies, new UNFPA report shows

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Women face increased risk of violence, loss of livelihoods and other threats under the pandemic

As pandemic rages, women and girls face intensified risks

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"I want my daughters to be respected as human beings," says Fawzia Koofi, a trailblazer in Afghanistan.

“We must resolutely resist any attempts to go back”: Listening to the icons and activists of women’s rights

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Woman carrying child on back.

This is how much it will cost to realize the world we want

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