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Despite steep funding cuts, heroic teacher determined to keep girls in school and out of child marriage in Yemen

Some 1.5 million girls in Yemen are not in school, which blights their future learning and employment opportunities and exposes them to higher risks of child marriage. ©YWU

21 April 2025

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Drought emergency in Zambia: Child marriage, HIV and hunger on the rise for women and girls

In Zambia’s drought-hit Southern, Western, Central and Lusaka Provinces, acute malnutrition is high among pregnant and breastfeeding women and risks are rising of gender-based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse. © UNFPA Zambia/Julien Adam

03 July 2024

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How a teenage mother in Cameroon triumphed over child marriage and sexual violence amid conflict

UNFPA has deployed 34 midwives and a team of social workers offering life-saving health care and protection services to vulnerable women and girls in remote and hard-to-reach areas of the Far North Region in Cameroon. © UNFPA Cameroon/Samuel Sawalda

07 June 2024

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A travelling theatre in Guinea-Bissau sparks conversations and changes minds about gender-based violence

Members of Guinea-Bissau’s National Ballet, the Nossa Patria Amada, perform a dance scene at a local market in Bissorã, in the Oio region, to raise awareness against gender-based violence. © UNFPA Guinea-Bissau/Pierre Bussiere

29 February 2024

Resources

Gender-Transformative Accelerator - Niger Country Report

Resource date: Dec 2021