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Harnessing the potential of Africa’s youth

Africa's youth population is growing rapidly. A school in Bamako, Mali, newly rehabilitated by UN engineers. Photo credit: UN Photo/Marco Dormino

15 April 2014

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Making Youth Participation a Reality

Youth activists speak at a panel at UN headquarters, New York. Photo credit: UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz

13 April 2014

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Mapping a Sustainable Development Agenda for the 21st Century

From left to right: Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA; Wanda Nowicka, Co-Founder of the Federation for Women and Family Planning of Poland; Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Joaquim Alberto Chissano, Former President of the Republic of Mozambique; Mariela Castro Espín, Director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education; and Ishita Chaudhry, Founder and Executive Director of the YP Foundation, India. Photo credit: Elsa Ruiz Photography

09 April 2014

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Empowering Youth to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Madame Chantal Compaoré, First Lady of Burkina Faso (centre) with Aissata Camara (left) and other young participants invited to take part in the side-event on ending female genital mutilation/cutting. Photo credit: Aissata Camara

12 March 2014

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Volunteering Talent and Experience to Deliver for Women and Girls

UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Kate Gilmore and UNV Executive Coordinator Richard Dictus signed a Memorandum of Understanding reaffirming the long-standing development partnership between the two agencies. Photo credit: UNFPA

28 February 2014

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Visit by a Crown Princess

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (centre) and a group of Myanmar youth.

29 January 2014

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India Launches its National Adolescent Health Strategy

17 January 2014

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First Tacloban Born Baby in 2014

A picture of the baby girl and her mother Vivian Aplaca.

31 December 2013

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Young Women and HIV in Guyana: Asserting their Right to Protect Themselves

Participants in the 'Comprehensive Empowerment Programme for the Reduction of Unplanned Pregnancies Among Adolescent Mothers', sponsored by the Guyanese grassroots organization Women Across Differences and UNFPA. Photo © UNFPA Guyana

30 November 2013

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Performance Arts Help Raise Awareness about Reproductive Health among Arab Youth

The UNFPA Arab States Regional Office has joined forces with performance arts centres across the Arab States region to lead peer education trainings that help raise awareness about adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Photo © UNFPA

08 December 2013