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

calendar_today07 October 2025

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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Engaging communities in Malawi to end child marriage and help girls finish school

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Village headman Patete is committed to ending child marriage in his community and was inspired by training he attended under the European Union-funded Spotlight Initiative. © UNFPA/Luis Tato
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Forced into early motherhood, a child rape survivor in the Comoros fights stigma to finish school

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Mariama was raped at a neighbour’s home when she was just 13 years old and forced into early motherhood. The Comoros already has high rates of gender-based violence, but many more women and girls don’t report being assaulted or abused for fear of social stigma, discrimination and even financial destitution. © UNFPA Comoros/Melvis Kimbi
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Girls in Afghanistan want to go back to school

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Girls in Afghanistan want to go back to school

Girls in Afghanistan want to go back to school

One year after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, 17-year-old Mursal is still in disbelief that she can’t go back to school.

“It’s not right that they’re ordering us to hide our faces and stop going to school. I hope that young girls will not give up,” she says.

See how Mursal is giving back to her community with UNFPA’s help.

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Girls in Sudan are coding their way to a brighter future

calendar_today09 February 2022

Girls and young women are learning to code in North Darfur as a way to increase future job prospects and economic empowerment. © UNFPA Sudan
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