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Organizations raise alarm over “global contraceptive crisis”

calendar_today26 September 2016

Nurse adviser Clementine Denagmi offers family planning counseling at a clinic run by the Benin Family Planning Association in Cotonou, Benin. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
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Upsurge in sexuality education seen in countries with high HIV rates

calendar_today04 August 2016

Young people have a right to access to accurate information about their bodies, including how to protect themselves from HIV. Youth pose with singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka at the 21st International AIDS Conference. © UNFPA/Prossy Nakanjako
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Girls call for tearing down gender barriers in Republic of Moldova

calendar_today01 August 2016

Alexandrina, Amina and Ionela talk about the barriers girls face in the Republic of Moldova. © UNFPA Republic of Moldova
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Maternal death rate plunges in Lao People's Democratic Republic

calendar_today13 July 2016

Agnod counsels villagers on family planning. Efforts like Agnod's have helped the country lower its maternal death rate significantly. © UNFPA/Matthew Taylor
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Cambodian smash hit Love9 tackles taboo subject: sexual health

calendar_today29 June 2016

Actress Yana and actor Chhaly at a Love9 casting session. The show has sparked conversations about sex and health throughout Cambodia. © UNFPA Cambodia
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Adolescent Boys and Young Men

Publication date

Mar 2016

Author

UNFPA, Promundo

Number of pages

88

Publication

Adolescent Boys and Young Men

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Rebuilding Nepal: Youth take the lead in post-earthquake sexual and reproductive health outreach

calendar_today03 March 2016

A trained researcher from Y-PEER Nepal interviews an adolescent as part of a study assessing the needs of internally displaced young people. © Y-PEER Nepal
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Five of the greatest sexual health advances since the birth of the UN

calendar_today23 October 2015

Over the last 70 years, there has been remarkable progress in sexual and reproductive health. Women learn about family planning at a clinic in Tunisia in 1987. © UN Photo/John Isaac
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The Evaluation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education Programmes

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Jun 2015

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

60

Publication

The Evaluation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education Programmes

A Focus on the Gender and Empowerment Outcomes

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Giving women choices: Family planning options increase in rural Ethiopia

calendar_today05 January 2016

Semira Umer, a health extension worker in northern Ethiopia, often counsels women on family planning. She says almost every married woman in the area now knows about the contraceptive options available. ©UNFPA Ethiopia/Mulugeta Ayene
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