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“I will keep very strong”: An Ethiopian girl fights to delay marriage

Kadiga Mohammed fought her parents' decision to have her marry an older cousin at age 16. Photo credit: Abraham Gelaw

05 June 2014

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In South Sudan, 200,000 pregnant women may need urgent care

Pregnant women attend a health seminar at a UNFPA-run health centre in the Tomping displacement camp in Juba, South Sudan. Photo credit: UNFPA/Tim McKulka

19 May 2014

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‘Lost Children’ Reveal Need to Support Families – and Women

Journalist and child advocate Gladys Kalibbala with a boy in Uganda. Photo courtesy of Participant Media

15 May 2014

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Caught in crisis, South Sudanese women learn to plan their families

Mothers listen to a community health worker talk about family planning in the Tomping camp in Juba, South Sudan. Photo credit: Kenneth Odiwuor

07 May 2014

News

Amid Crisis in South Sudan, Youth Continue to Hope for a Brighter Future

A group of young people taking part in the UNFPA Youth and Adolescents Programme at the Juba III civilian protection camp in the South Sudanese capital. They are being trained to become peer educators on reproductive health and HIV prevention. Photo credit: Kenneth Odiwuor

21 April 2014

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Giving Birth amid Chaos in South Sudan

Mary Akuol with her newborn son at the Juba III civilian protection camp. Photo credit: Kenneth Odiwuor/UNFPA

28 March 2014

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Family Planning in Ethiopia

10 January 2014

Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin on the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela

05 December 2013

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