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Vast numbers of women lack decision-making power over their own bodies, says UNFPA flagship report

calendar_today10 April 2019

Marta Paula, from Guinea-Bissau, was hospitalized when she gave birth at 13. Doctors were worried she might die. Today, she calls for young people to have access to family planning. © UNFPA/I. Barbosa
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News

“Why me?” – Stigma, lack of information leave Myanmar youth in the dark on HIV

calendar_today10 January 2019

Condoms at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. Sithu, 21, did not know how to protect himself from HIV. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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News

In Burundi, sexual health education helps youth protect themselves, their futures

calendar_today18 January 2019

Young people outside a youth-friendly health centre in Kamenge, Bujumbura. © UNFPA/Chiara Frisone
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Publication date

2018

Author

UNFPA

Resources

Your rights: Information for women and young people with disabilities

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State of World Population 2014

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

2014

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

126

State of World Population

State of World Population 2014

The Power of 1.8 Billion

Young people matter. They matter because an unprecedented 1.8 billion youth are alive today, and because they are the shapers and leaders of our global future. They matter because they have inherent human rights that must be fulfilled. Yet, in a world of adult concerns, young people are often overlooked. This tendency cries out for urgent correction, because it imperils youth as well as economies and societies at large.

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health

Publication date

Nov 2014

Author

UNFPA

Resources

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health

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Statement

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

calendar_today03 December 2018

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News

Youth advocates for family planning break taboos in the Maldives

calendar_today12 November 2018

When her friend became unexpectedly pregnant at an early age, Azlifa sought a way to share sexual and reproductive health information with other young people kept in the dark about their bodies. © UNFPA Maldives/Tatiana Almeida
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News

Five things you didn’t know about disability and sexual violence

calendar_today30 October 2018

Young people with disabilities face staggering rights violations, including being cut off from education and health care, and subjected to sexual violence. © UNFPA/Théodore Somda
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News

One year after Gaza conflict, situation for women and youth remains dire

calendar_today26 August 2015

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