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  • UNFPA Launches Advocacy Platform for Post-2015 Development Framework

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UNFPA Launches Advocacy Platform for Post-2015 Development Framework

  • 24 October 2013
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  • ‘School for Husbands’ Encourages Nigerien Men to Improve the Health of Their Families

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‘School for Husbands’ Encourages Nigerien Men to Improve the Health of Their Families

Pupils of School for Husbands' become guides and role models within their own family and among others in the community.
  • 20 April 2011
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  • Philippines: Maternal Mortality Rates Not Making Sufficient Progress to Meet MDGs

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Philippines: Maternal Mortality Rates Not Making Sufficient Progress to Meet MDGs

Filipino women in undeveloped rural areas of the Philippines are far more likely to die from childbearing than their urban counterparts.
  • 07 April 2009
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  • Teenage Pregnancy is Way of Life in Remote Laotian Villages

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Teenage Pregnancy is Way of Life in Remote Laotian Villages

<p>At 16, Tod is expecting her second child.&nbsp;With limited options for schooling, adolscents in some remote villages in southern Laos routinely marry and start the hard work of raising families by age 14 or 15. <i>Photo&copy;UNFPA AsiaPacific</i> </p>
  • 30 October 2013
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  • Preventing Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador

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Preventing Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador

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.
  • 26 August 2010
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  • Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded

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Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded

Two midwives in protective gear supplied by UNFPA hand over a newborn to her mother at the Star of the Sea Clinic in West Point, Monrovia. Photo credit: UNFPA Liberia
  • 26 August 2014
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  • Breaking the Wall of Silence, Women and Girls in Morocco Open Up about Adolescent Pregnancy

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Breaking the Wall of Silence, Women and Girls in Morocco Open Up about Adolescent Pregnancy

<p>Two young girls recount their experiences as adolescent mothers in Morocco in an effort to raise awareness about the challenges of adolescent pregnancy. They are wearing masks to remain anonymous and avoid stigma. <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA/Morocco</i> </p>
  • 29 October 2013
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  • “First School, Then Marriage and Babies”

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“First School, Then Marriage and Babies”

<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>
  • 30 October 2013
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  • Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

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Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

A former circumciser teaching community members on harms of FGM/C. Photo: Abraham Gelaw
  • 08 April 2010
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  • Jamaica Offers a Model for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies while Supporting Young Mothers

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Jamaica Offers a Model for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies while Supporting Young Mothers

Talking to adolescents about sex can make for important but sometimes uncomfortable conversations<strong>.</strong> <i>Photo: Basil Jones for UNFPA</i>
  • 27 August 2013
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