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“I’ve grown a few years in 26 days”: A teenager’s life during wartime

As a youth volunteer helping settle internally displaced persons in Lviv, Viktoria Kravets explains how to fill in residence registration forms. Photo courtesy of Viktoria Kravets
  • 01 April 2022
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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s Message at the launch of The State of World Population 2022

Published on: 30/03/2022

Statement

Statement at the launch of The State of World Population 2022

30 March 2022

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8 myths about unintended pregnancy debunked

At 14, Dankay Kanu (right, with a mentor from the 2YoungLives NGO, which helps pregnant girls in Sierra Leone continue their education and find employment) got pregnant by an older man who refused to wear a condom then denied paternity. Though she quit school for a time, she has since returned while raising her now-two-year-old son, Ishmael, alone. "To be a mother at this age is not really easy," she said, "but that will enable me to become stronger." @ UNFPA/Michael Duff
  • 05 May 2022
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Press Release

Nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended—a global crisis, says new UNFPA report

30 March 2022

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Updates

Australia provides UNFPA AUD 8 million to protect Ukrainian women and girls from gender-based violence

29 Mar 2022

With this new contribution, the Australian Government commits to protect women and girls fleeing the war in Ukraine from gender-based violence. © UNFPA Moldova/Eduard Bîzgu
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Updates

The US contributes $3.4m to support UNFPA’s response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis

25 Mar 2022

Since the war broke out on 24 February, more than 10 million people have been forced to leave their homes, either internally displaced or to neighbouring countries. Most of the refugees are women with children, and older persons. ©UNFPA Moldova
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