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“I still want to finish school”: A crisis of reproductive agency for girls in Namibia

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Elly Tjondu, 21, sits outside her family home with her baby and daughter in the Kunene Region, Namibia. ©UNFPA Namibia

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Despite steep funding cuts, heroic teacher determined to keep girls in school and out of child marriage in Yemen

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Some 1.5 million girls in Yemen are not in school, which blights their future learning and employment opportunities and exposes them to higher risks of child marriage. ©YWU

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Unleashing the potential of adolescent girls in India through life skills education

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Zohra Fatima, 15, plays cricket with her friends at the Madrasa Islamia Anjuman Mufidul Islam in Bihar. © UNFPA India

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Defying conflict and child marriage to champion girls’ education and rights in Ethiopia

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The UNFPA-supported safe house in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region is a sanctuary for up to 100 survivors of gender-based violence. The centre offers counselling, medical care and training courses, as well as a safe space to take refuge. © UNFPA/Fasil Zenebe/Mopix

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UN calls for urgent action to address education crisis as global primary school-age population peaks In 2023

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Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 56th session of the Commission on Population and Development

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Study shows meeting adolescents’ health needs would yield tenfold return

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Girls from the Safeguard Young People programme in Malawi, which provides sexual and reproductive health information, helps young people access health services, and offers leadership training. © UNFPA Malawi/Hope Ngwira

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In Cambodia, family planning offers a path away from poverty

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Midwife Chanduong Rotha speaks to So Pumngea about family planning at the Orrusei Health Center in Kratie Province. Ms. So says family planning is an important way to help her family emerge from poverty. © Nicolas Axelrod/Ruom for UNFPA

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