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Family planning a development imperative, leaders at AU Summit emphasize

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Marie Josee Mukankuranga explains how she counsels women on family planning during a visit by development experts. © UNFPA/Rick Francis
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For busy garment workers in Lesotho, health care comes on wheels

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’Mantina Mphohle receiving health services inside a new mobile clinic, near the factory where she works. © UNFPA Lesotho
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“What our daughter has done is a miracle” – the power of one adolescent girl

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Sibongile Majaura's business has saved her education and helps support her family. © UNFPA Zimbabwe/Nikita Little
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The first rule of the married girls’ club is: empower girls

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Fatuma Ahmed was subjected to female genital mutilation and child marriage. She is now a member of a "married girls' club," where she and other child brides advocate against these harmful practices. © UNFPA/Abraham Gelaw
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Once frowned on, family planning offers a lifeline in South Sudan

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UNFPA is helping to educate women about family planning options. © UNFPA/Annette Poni
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Joint UN programme aims to empower over 1 million girls in Mozambique

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A joint UN programme targets 1 million vulnerable girls with messages on empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, leadership and human rights. © UNFPA Mozambique
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Women face "unspeakable" sexual violence in South Sudan

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UNFPA is providing post-rape treatment kits and other essential health supplies in South Sudan. Sexual violence has been widespread since hostilities erupted last month. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka
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Stay and deliver: Saving lives under gunfire in Juba

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A mother and baby in Bentiu, South Sudan, in 2015. When violence erupted days before the fifth anniversary of South Sudan's independence, heroic midwives stood their ground to save lives. © UNFPA/Amadou Baraze Elh Nakaka
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Nuns schooled on sexual and reproductive health in Bhutan

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Ani Tandim Lham shares life-changing health and human rights advice with other nuns and young people. © United Nations/Tim Jenkins
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Midwives deployed in Uganda to prevent ‘social calamity’

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Carolyn Akello became a midwife after attending the funeral of a woman who died in childbirth. Midwives like Ms. Akello are working to end preventable maternal deaths in Uganda. © UNFPA
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