Resources

UNFPA Supplies: The World’s Largest Provider of Donated Contraceptives

Resource date: Jun 2017

Author: UNFPA

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Resources

Investing in Family Planning is a Best Buy

Resource date: Jun 2017

Author: UNFPA

Family planning is a good investment. It enables women and young people to complete their educations, it saves governments money, and it helps entire communities and nations thrive. But there is a significant unmet need for family planning. 214 million women who want to avoid pregnancy are not using modern contraceptives.

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A secret pregnancy in the Comoros: One teen’s story

UNFPA works with youth groups to provide sexual and reproductive health information and services. A UNFPA-supported HIV screening for young people in Moroni. © UNFPA Comoros
  • 07 November 2017
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Gender inequality, lack of information fuel teen pregnancies in Timor-Leste

Natalia dropped out of school after becoming pregnant. © UNFPA/Ruth Carr
  • 23 October 2017
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From child bride to beauty expert: one Jordanian woman’s story

Child marriage rates are rising in Jordan, according to a recent report. © UNFPA Jordan/ Elspeth Dehnert
  • 19 October 2017
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Girls speak out on inequality

What does gender inequality look like? These five girls can tell you. Illustration by Bodil Jane for UNFPA.
  • 11 October 2017
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Flooding, mudslides leave communities devastated, pregnant women in need

UNFPA staff survey the aftermath of the disaster, which has affected thousands of households. © UNFPA/Sulaiman Stephens
  • 14 September 2017
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Escape at dawn: running away from child marriage and FGM in Kenya

Faith (centre) with her friends Sylvia (right) and Vivian, who all ran away from home to avoid female genital mutilation and child marriage. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo
  • 06 September 2017
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“I decide for myself”: South Sudanese woman shows the power of knowledge

Elizabeth Ayumpou Balang speaks with a midwife during her antenatal check-up at the Kiir Mayardit Women's Hospital in Rumbek. ©UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
  • 05 September 2017
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Men in rural Ethiopia show that family planning is not just a women’s issue

Sileshi Deguale recounts his story, explaining why family planning was the right choice for himself and his wife. © UNFPA Ethiopia
  • 28 August 2017
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