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Tanzanian helpline reaching thousands of at-risk women and girls every day

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A counsellor takes calls at the National Child Helpline in Dar es Salaam. ©UNFPA Tanzania/Ericky Boniface
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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

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Noorjahan laughs as she recovers from fistula surgery in Malalai Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now, she says, "I can live." © Andrea Bruce/ NOOR
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Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s message on Child Marriage at the 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

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Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s message on Child Marriage at the 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s message on Child Marriage at the 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

In her remarks at the CSW65 high-level event "An inter-generational dialogue on child, early and forced marriage," UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem explained how child marriage is a manifestation of gender inequality that robs girls of say and choice and appealed for a gender-equal world in which girls would know their rights and value and be empowered to make their own informed decisions. 

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From child bride to midwife saving lives of Afghan mothers

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Amina Mansoory is the only midwife serving in a remote district (population:1500) of Herat province in western Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Nov 2020

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UNFPA, UNICEF

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Technical Note on Ensuring Value for Money in the Global Programme to End Child Marriage

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Nov 2020

Author

UNFPA, UNICEF

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Child Marriage and the Law: Technical Note for the Global Programme to End Child Marriage

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Amid conflict, displacement, pandemic, Syrian girls see a future in… robots

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Bana, 12, enjoys learning about robotics at a women's and girls' safe space in northwest Syria. Image courtesy of Ihsan Relief and Development
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Safe spaces in Colombia offer respite to Venezuelan migrants

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Women at a safe space in Saravena, Arauca, one of 19 in Colombia that serve Venezuelan migrants who are survivors of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Colombia
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Nov 2020

Author

UNFPA, UNICEF

Resources

Technical Note on Adolescent Girl-Responsive Systems

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)–United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Global Programme to End Child Marriage works with many partners to advocate and support practical actions to end child marriage, and to promote gender equality and the empowerment of adolescent girls.

This technical note illustrates how systems for education, health, gender-based violence and child protection, and social protection can coordinate action and contribute to the safety, health and learning of adolescent girls, and build opportunities for them. 

Publication date

Feb 2021

Author

UNFPA, UNICEF

Resources

Addressing Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings: Technical Guide for Staff and Partners of the UNFPA–UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage

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