News

View from a camp in Myanmar – one family's story from before the recent crisis

calendar_today04 December 2017

Even before the recent escalation of the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, conditions were tense and crowded. © UNFPA Myanmar/Karlien Truyens
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Youth offer solutions to global problems, if leaders take action now

calendar_today18 July 2017

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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News

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

calendar_today25 April 2017

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

calendar_today20 April 2017

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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Events

High-level event on investing in youth to eradicate poverty and promote prosperity

calendar_today17 July 2017

location_onUnited Nations Headquarters, New York

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Cover image

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

May 2016

Author

Daniel Schensul, Kathrin Weny and Rachel Snow

Number of pages

98

Publication

Foundations for the Future

Building Quality Human Capital for Economic Transformation and Sustainable Development in the Context of the Istanbul Programme of Action

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News

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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News

In Botswana, future depends on investments in young people

calendar_today02 February 2017

Xhute left school because her family could not afford to buy her shoes to wear to class. She plans to continue her education and become a teacher. © UNFPA Botswana/Nchidzi Smarts
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Cover page of State of World Population 2016

Publication date

Oct 2016

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

116

State of World Population

State of World Population 2016

10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age

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News

“I am a prey to all men”: Refugee women endure poverty, harassment, isolation

calendar_today03 October 2016

Muna was left to fend for her children alone in the Domiz refugee camp in Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq/Khetam Malkawi
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