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

calendar_today21 April 2025

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

calendar_today03 July 2024

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

calendar_today07 June 2024

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

calendar_today29 February 2024

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
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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Dec 2021

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Gender-Transformative Accelerator - Niger Country Report

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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Dec 2021

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Gender-Transformative Accelerator - Mozambique Country Report

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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Dec 2021

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Gender-Transformative Accelerator - India Country Report

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Publisher

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Dec 2021

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Gender-Transformative Accelerator - Ethiopia Country Report

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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Oct 2021

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Gender-Transformative Accelerator Tool - Workshop Facilitation Guide

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Publisher

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Oct 2021

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Gender-Transformative Accelerator Tool - Brief

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