News

“I miss my home”: Fleeing conflict, tens of thousands of women and girls cross into Armenia

calendar_today11 October 2023

Mariam, 16, fled with her family to Armenia after hostilities escalated in Karabakh in September. © UNFPA Armenia / Aspram Manukyan
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News

Empowering young people in Ecuador to understand their bodies and defend their rights

calendar_today04 September 2023

RuranKapak facilitator Janny Caicedo was a student when he first participated in one of the group’s information sessions. © UNFPA Ecuador
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News

Against the odds, Malawian girl overcomes child marriage, agonizing labour and obstetric fistula

calendar_today11 September 2023

Jacqueline developed an obstetric fistula when she gave birth at age 16. © UNFPA Malawi
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Video

Teen pregnancy in Haiti: The harrowing story of a 14-year-old

calendar_today28 July 2023

Teen pregnancy in Haiti: The harrowing story of a 14-year-old

Teen pregnancy in Haiti: The harrowing story of a 14-year-old

Imagine expecting a child when you don’t even know what the word “pregnant” means.

This is what happened to a 14-year-old girl in Haiti.

See her story and how UNFPA is helping girls make their own decisions about their bodies and futures.

Learn more.

News

Youth-friendly services scaling up in Kazakhstan, offering critical sexual and reproductive health care

calendar_today17 May 2023

Youth peer educators, part of the Y-PEER network, sort through brochures with age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health information. © UNFPA Kazakhstan
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Preventing and addressing stillbirths along the continuum of care: A global advocacy and implementation guide

Publisher

UNFPA, UNICEF, USAID, International Stillbirth Alliance, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Publication date

May 2023

Number of pages

86

Publication

Preventing and addressing stillbirths along the continuum of care: A global advocacy and implementation guide

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Publication date

Jun 2022

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

17

Publication

Empowering Adolescent Girls Through Non-Formal Education

A comparative analysis of comprehensive sexuality education, life skills education and protective asset-building approaches

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Feb 2023

Number of pages

43

Publication

UNFPA Gender Strategy (2022-2025)

Agency, Choice and Access: UNFPA Strategy for Promoting Gender Equality and the Rights of Women and Adolescent Girls

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Publisher

BRAC and UNFPA

Publication date

2023

Number of pages

12

Publication

Adolescent Empowerment at Scale: Successes and challenges of an evidence-based approach to young women’s programming in Africa

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News

Child brides fight back against gender-based violence in Bangladesh

calendar_today16 December 2022

Community activists attend a session held by the SASA!Together programme to raise awareness on gender-based violence. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Farjana Sultana
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