News

Better suicide prevention and mental health care needed among Myanmar’s most vulnerable

calendar_today04 March 2020

Young people in Myanmar face a variety of risk factors for depression and other mental health disorders, including exposure to conflict and humanitarian crisis. © UNFPA Myanmar
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Costing the Three Transformative Results cover

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Jan 2020

Author

Johns Hopkins University, Avenir Health, Victoria University, Institute of Health, Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, UNFPA

Number of pages

36

Publication

Costing the Three Transformative Results

The cost of the transformative results UNFPA is committed to achieving by 2030

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Video

#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM

calendar_today18 February 2019

#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM

#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM

Kenza is a doctor in her twenties from Djibouti. In the video, she speaks of her experience with FGM as a child and the long-term consequences of the trauma. 

Statement

Unleashing youth power: A decade of accelerating actions towards zero female genital mutilation

calendar_today06 February 2020

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Publication date

Dec 2019

Author

UNFPA and UNICEF

Resources

Investing in Knowledge for Ending Child Marriage Publications Catalogue 2018-2019

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Publication date

May 2018

Author

UNFPA

Resources

Ending Child Marriage and Rewriting the Future of Adolescent Girls

Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Mozambique

Child marriage, defined as a formal marriage or informal union before age 18, is a global issue impacting the lives of millions of girls each year and hindering progress towards development the world over. Globally, more than 700 million girls and women alive today were married as children. More than one in three of these (about 250 million) entered into union before age 15. This report to the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation covers the period of 2015 to 2017.

Beyond the Crossing: Female genital mutilation across borders

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Nov 2019

Author

UNFPA

Publication

Beyond the Crossing: Female genital mutilation across borders

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda

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News

From child brides and FGM survivors to leaders on a global stage

calendar_today03 January 2020

Survivors and advocates Nachaki, Rosillah and Eunice speak with advocate and psychotherapist Leyla Hussein at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25. (L-R) Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Pratt/Too Young to Wed.
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News

In Mauritania, imams take to radio waves to say child marriage is against Islam

calendar_today09 December 2019

At the radio station in Selibabi, Mauritania. © World Bank/Vincent Tremeau
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News

Young voices demand to be heard: Celebrating young activists on Human Rights Day

calendar_today10 December 2019

Ms. Banda reads the inscription on her award, which comes from members of her community: “Thank you our fierce fighter, Memory." Image from video feed.
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