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Scaling Up the Humanitarian Response for Syrian Refugees

calendar_today24 June 2012

Syrian refugees receiving supplies in Northern Lebanon. Photo: UNHCR/F. Juez
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Young and Pregnant in Jamaica, But Staying in School

calendar_today10 August 2010

Kazan's mother offers support to Kazan and baby Shakira. Photo:UNFPA/Jamaica
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Using Social Media to Empower Madagascar’s Youth

calendar_today28 October 2013

<p>Manantsoa Ratsarazaka (right) founded a groundbreaking project to educate and encourage young people in Madagascar to discuss reproductive health issues and seek advice, using the ever growing power of social media. <i>Photo &copy; Lovaniaina Tsiandatse/UNFPA</i> </p>
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UNFPA Marks 1,000-Day Milestone to the MDG 2015 Target Date

calendar_today08 April 2013

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UNFPA Launches Advocacy Platform for Post-2015 Development Framework

calendar_today24 October 2013

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‘School for Husbands’ Encourages Nigerien Men to Improve the Health of Their Families

calendar_today20 April 2011

Pupils of School for Husbands' become guides and role models within their own family and among others in the community.
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Philippines: Maternal Mortality Rates Not Making Sufficient Progress to Meet MDGs

calendar_today07 April 2009

Filipino women in undeveloped rural areas of the Philippines are far more likely to die from childbearing than their urban counterparts.
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Teenage Pregnancy is Way of Life in Remote Laotian Villages

calendar_today30 October 2013

<p>At 16, Tod is expecting her second child.&nbsp;With limited options for schooling, adolscents in some remote villages in southern Laos routinely marry and start the hard work of raising families by age 14 or 15. <i>Photo&copy;UNFPA AsiaPacific</i> </p>
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Preventing Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador

calendar_today26 August 2010

Maria Victoria Urquizo(15) was raped by a co-worker when she was 14 years old. Now she lives with her baby girl at her brother's house. Photo: Trygve Olfarnes/UNFPA.
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Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded

calendar_today26 August 2014

Two midwives in protective gear supplied by UNFPA hand over a newborn to her mother at the Star of the Sea Clinic in West Point, Monrovia. Photo credit: UNFPA Liberia
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