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Adolescent pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Seeking reproductive justice for Afrodescendent women and girls

calendar_today29 August 2025

A lack of infrastructure in the Bocas del Toro Province of Panama forces many women to travel long distances to receive even basic healthcare. © UNFPA Panama
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Jul 2024

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UNFPA Caribbean

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Caribbean Situation Report #1 - 6 July 2024

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Events

Das Race Goal: Playing for a better future

calendar_today12 December 2021

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News

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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News

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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News

Protecting the Rights, Unleashing the Potential of Indigenous Girls in Rural Guatemala

calendar_today14 May 2013

Abriendo Oportunidades offers safe spaces, mentoring, educational opportunities and solidarity for adolescent Mayan girls. It also introduces new possibilities into their lives. Photo © Mark Tuschman
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Jamaica Offers a Model for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies while Supporting Young Mothers

calendar_today27 August 2013

Talking to adolescents about sex can make for important but sometimes uncomfortable conversations<strong>.</strong> <i>Photo: Basil Jones for UNFPA</i>
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News

Indigenous Girls in Guatemala Break the Cycle of Poverty

calendar_today02 April 2014

<p>Girl leaders in Xesacmalja, Guatemala, speak about the skills they've learned through Abriendo Oportunidades. <i>Photo Credit: UNFPA</i> <br/> &nbsp;</p>
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News

A New Midwifery School Brings Hope to Haitian Mothers

calendar_today06 November 2013

Classes have begun at the new National Midwifery School in Port-Au-Prince, housed in a new earthquake-resistant building following the devastating quake that hit Haiti in January 2010. UNFPA
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Press release

Population Conference Adopts Montevideo Consensus of Wide-Ranging Priority Actions on Reproductive Health, Gender Equality, Young People

calendar_today15 August 2013

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