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“First School, Then Marriage and Babies”

calendar_today30 October 2013

<p>Arnela, 18, bottle-feeds her 18-month old daughter in her pram while Sabrina, 17 (left), cradles her 28-day old son on her lap. <i>Photo &copy; Jason D. Jones / UNFPA</i> </p>
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Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

calendar_today08 April 2010

A former circumciser teaching community members on harms of FGM/C. Photo: Abraham Gelaw
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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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In race to save women's lives, solutions are within reach, says UNFPA head

calendar_today21 September 2014

<p>Maternal and neonatal death rates remain stubbornly high, studies show. But the solutions to these problems are known, and deceptively simple. <i>Photo credit: Jerome Sessini/Magnum Photos</i> </p>
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Religious leaders call for action on sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights at UN

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Faith leaders gather at the United Nations to urge action on sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. Photo credit: UNFPA/Omar Kasrawi
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Pregnant women forced to flee escalating crisis in Iraq

calendar_today11 September 2014

Khawla and her family rest in a tent in the Khanke displacement camp in Dohuk, Iraq. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA/Millat Hirori
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Publication date

2004

Author

UNFPA

Resources

Report of the Africa Regional Fistula Meeting

Accra, Ghana, 29 June – 1 July 2004

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Publication date

2007

Author

UNFPA. Family Care International

Resources

Living Testimony: Obstetric Fistula and Inequities in Maternal Health

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Sierra Leone saves lives with sunlight

calendar_today10 September 2014

Because of a UNFPA-supported solar suitcase, the Kondembaia health unit, in Koinadugu, Sierra Leone, now has power at night. Photo credit: UNFPA/Sierra Leone
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Video

Mobile technology and obstetric fistula

calendar_today23 May 2014

Mobile technology and obstetric fistula

Mobile technology and obstetric fistula

A project in Tanzania is using cell phones to help women with fistula. "Mobile technology will be a game-changer in terms of health," says UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin.