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Amid Crisis in South Sudan, Youth Continue to Hope for a Brighter Future

calendar_today21 April 2014

<p>A group of young people taking part in the UNFPA Youth and Adolescents Programme at the Juba III civilian protection camp in the South Sudanese capital. They are being trained to become peer educators on reproductive health and HIV prevention. <i>Photo credit: Kenneth Odiwuor</i> </p>
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Harnessing the potential of Africa’s youth

calendar_today15 April 2014

Africa's youth population is growing rapidly. A school in Bamako, Mali, newly rehabilitated by UN engineers. Photo credit: UN Photo/Marco Dormino
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Making Youth Participation a Reality

calendar_today13 April 2014

<p>Youth activists speak at a panel at UN headquarters, New York. <i>Photo credit: UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz</i> </p>
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Mapping a Sustainable Development Agenda for the 21st Century

calendar_today09 April 2014

From left to right: Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA; Wanda Nowicka, Co-Founder of the Federation for Women and Family Planning of Poland; Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Joaquim Alberto Chissano, Former President of the Republic of Mozambique; Mariela Castro Esp&iacute;n, Director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education; and Ishita Chaudhry, Founder and Executive Director of the YP Foundation, India. Photo credit: Elsa Ruiz Photography
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Indigenous Girls in Guatemala Break the Cycle of Poverty

calendar_today02 April 2014

<p>Girl leaders in Xesacmalja, Guatemala, speak about the skills they've learned through Abriendo Oportunidades. <i>Photo Credit: UNFPA</i> <br/> &nbsp;</p>
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Empowering Youth to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

calendar_today12 March 2014

<p>Madame Chantal Compaor&eacute;, First Lady of Burkina Faso (centre) with Aissata Camara (left) and other young participants invited to take part in the side-event on ending female genital mutilation/cutting. <i>Photo credit: Aissata Camara</i> </p>
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Volunteering Talent and Experience to Deliver for Women and Girls

calendar_today28 February 2014

UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Kate Gilmore and UNV Executive Coordinator Richard Dictus signed a Memorandum of Understanding reaffirming the long-standing development partnership between the two agencies. Photo credit: UNFPA
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Visit by a Crown Princess

calendar_today29 January 2014

<p>Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (centre) and a group of Myanmar youth.</p>
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India Launches its National Adolescent Health Strategy

calendar_today17 January 2014

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First Tacloban Born Baby in 2014

calendar_today31 December 2013

<p>A picture of the baby girl and her mother Vivian Aplaca.</p>
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