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HIV prevention efforts must reach vulnerable girls and young women

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Takhona learned to protect herself from HIV from UNFPA's Safeguard Young People programme. © UNFPA Swaziland

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EmPOWER girls: before, during and after crises

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Men in rural Ethiopia show that family planning is not just a women’s issue

calendar_today28 August 2017

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

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For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

calendar_today10 August 2017

Asha Ali Ibrahim, a local circumciser, with her granddaughter, who is due to be cut this year. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin

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Tens of thousands of girls reached through Mozambique empowerment programme

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Edma teaches girls the skills and knowledge they need to protect themselves, stay in school and demand their rights. © UNFPA/Helene Christensen

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To end violence against women, Cambodian project teaches healthy relationships

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A pilot programme is working to stop the cycle of violence in Cambodia, where half of women and a quarter of men say wife beating can be justified. © UNFPA Cambodia/Sophanara Pen

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After devastating birth injuries, 33 women’s lives transformed

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A young woman at a fistula-repair campaign in Batouri, Cameroon. Obstetric fistula is a life-altering childbirth injury that afflicts the world's most marginalized women. But it can be repaired – and prevented. © UNFPA Cameroon/Olive Bonga

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Youth offer solutions to global problems, if leaders take action now

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Edith Nambalirwa is reaching other youth with her entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health. © UNFPA ESARO/Corrie Butler

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With bicycles, impoverished indigenous girls in Guatemala get a taste of freedom

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Indigenous girls in northern Guatemala must often travel great distances to get to school, a factor that leads to high drop out rates. Bicycles help them stay in school. © UNFPA/Alejandro De León

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Study shows meeting adolescents’ health needs would yield tenfold return

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Girls from the Safeguard Young People programme in Malawi, which provides sexual and reproductive health information, helps young people access health services, and offers leadership training. © UNFPA Malawi/Hope Ngwira

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HIV prevention efforts must reach vulnerable girls and young women

EmPOWER girls: before, during and after crises

Men in rural Ethiopia show that family planning is not just a women’s issue

For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

Tens of thousands of girls reached through Mozambique empowerment programme

To end violence against women, Cambodian project teaches healthy relationships

After devastating birth injuries, 33 women’s lives transformed

Youth offer solutions to global problems, if leaders take action now

With bicycles, impoverished indigenous girls in Guatemala get a taste of freedom

Study shows meeting adolescents’ health needs would yield tenfold return

HIV prevention efforts must reach vulnerable girls and young women

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