News

Child brides fight back against gender-based violence in Bangladesh

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Community activists attend a session held by the SASA!Together programme to raise awareness on gender-based violence. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Farjana Sultana
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“I never thought I would be pregnant at this age”

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María Karla Crukshank Fuentevilla, 15, speaks to Dr. Natalia Kanem at the Doña Leonor Pérez Cabrera maternity home. © UNFPA/Jorge Luis Baños
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UNFPA

Publication date

Dec 2022

Resources

My Body, My Life, My World Operational Guidance: Introduction

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Reclaiming teenage mothers’ dreams, plans and potential

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Ana Francini González Avalos became pregnant at 13. Despite social stigma around adolescent pregnancy, Fran – as she likes to be called – says she is betting on herself and her future potential. © UNFPA/Priscilla Mora Flores
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After an adolescent pregnancy drove them apart, here’s how one family in Rwanda reconnected

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Nyiranzahavugimana Florence, a young mother in Karongi district, carries her child on her back while selling mobile money services. © UNFPA/Alain Mwizerwa
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In Costa Rica, indigenous youth leaders are blazing a trail toward a better future for women and girls

calendar_today05 August 2022

In her daughter, Ms. Gallardo sees the future. © UNFPA Costa Rica/Gabriela Rodríguez
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Gender and income inequalities driving teenage motherhood in developing countries, new report confirms

calendar_today05 July 2022

Haiti – Lumilene*, 15, lives with her parents and her 6-month-old daughter in a camp for people displaced by the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010. She is one of many child mothers in the camp, where violence against girls and women is rife. © UNFPA/Plan International/Pieter ten Hoopen
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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Jun 2022

Number of pages

70

Publication

Motherhood in Childhood: The Untold Story

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Jun 2022

Resources

Motherhood in Childhood: The Untold Story Supplementary Material

This report examines trends in adolescent childbearing using techniques that focus on the most vulnerable girls, such as child mothers, girls with repeat adolescent childbearing, and births that occur in dangerously quick succession. In using these new measures, it uncovers the untold story of  more than 50 years of adolescent childbearing in the world’s low- and middle-income countries.

This Supplementary Material is an annex to the full report.

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Jun 2022

Resources

Motherhood in Childhood: The Untold Story Executive Summary

This report examines trends in adolescent childbearing using techniques that focus on the most vulnerable girls, such as child mothers, girls with repeat adolescent childbearing, and births that occur in dangerously quick succession. In using these new measures, it uncovers the untold story of more than 50 years of adolescent childbearing in the world’s low- and middle- income countries.

This Executive Summary provides an overview of the full report.