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Efforts to end FGM must be intensified, leaders urge

calendar_today17 March 2017

Shaimaa Ahmed Ali teaches members of her community about the harms of female genital mutilation (FGM). © UNFPA Egypt/Sima Diab
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Family planning a development imperative, leaders at AU Summit emphasize

calendar_today08 February 2017

Marie Josee Mukankuranga explains how she counsels women on family planning during a visit by development experts. © UNFPA/Rick Francis
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Restoring reproductive health access for millions in Boko Haram-affected areas

calendar_today18 January 2017

UNFPA is working to restore access to reproductive health care for about 4.5 million crisis-affected people in Nigeria. UNFPA is also supporting safe spaces for women and girls. © UNFPA Nigeria
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The power of 10: Ten astonishing facts about 10-year-old girls

calendar_today20 October 2016

Temawelase is a sixth-grader in rural Swaziland. Whether the world is able to achieve its development goals depends, in large part, on her fate and the fate of girls like her. ©UNFPA/Barcroft Media/Mark Lewis
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Companies pledge to help reduce childbirth deaths in crisis settings

calendar_today21 September 2016

Residents flee brutal violence in the Rutshuru territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2012. Women give birth, even in wartime and disasters. © UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti
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African presidents urge investment in youth as continent sees rare demographic opportunity

calendar_today20 September 2016

World Bank Vice President Keith Hansen, President Idriss Déby of Chad, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and moderator Folly Bah Thibault (left to right) at a high-level dialogue on achieving the demographic dividend. © UNFPA/Koye Adeboye
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World leaders adopt ground-breaking plan to address refugee and migrant crisis

calendar_today19 September 2016

A ground-breaking declaration on the rights of migrants and refugees was adopted today at the United Nations General Assembly. © UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
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World Population Day in Six Eye-Popping Charts

calendar_today11 July 2016

Investing in teenage girls is critical – not only for girls, but for the world. © UNFPA Niger
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Youth with disabilities face staggering loss of rights

calendar_today17 June 2016

A class for youth with hearing disabilities in Burkina Faso. UNFPA has provided training on sexual and reproductive health to this and other schools in the country. ©UNFPA/Théodore Somda
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The Very Important Girls Group: Investing in youth to invest in the future of Tanzania

calendar_today15 June 2016

The Action for Adolescent Girls initiative has reached thousands of girls in the Shinyanga region Tanzania since launching there in 2012. © UNFPA Tanzania
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