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Youth offer solutions to global problems, if leaders take action now

Edith Nambalirwa is reaching other youth with her entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health. © UNFPA ESARO/Corrie Butler

18 July 2017

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With bicycles, impoverished indigenous girls in Guatemala get a taste of freedom

Indigenous girls in northern Guatemala must often travel great distances to get to school, a factor that leads to high drop out rates. Bicycles help them stay in school. © UNFPA/Alejandro De León

25 April 2017

One year after Ebola’s end, a look at the needs of women and girls

19 June 2017

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Study shows meeting adolescents’ health needs would yield tenfold return

Girls from the Safeguard Young People programme in Malawi, which provides sexual and reproductive health information, helps young people access health services, and offers leadership training. © UNFPA Malawi/Hope Ngwira

20 April 2017

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Contraceptives a game changer for crisis-affected women in northern Nigeria

Access to contraceptives helped Hajja Fati finish her education. © UNFPA Nigeria/Kori Habib

14 June 2017

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For many women in Ukraine, escape from conflict not an escape from violence

UNFPA mobile teams have reached thousands of survivors of gender-based violence in Ukraine. © UNFPA/Maks Levin

07 June 2017

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Young people call for education, health care, rights – and politicians are listening

Young people face myriad barriers to realizing their human rights, including poor access to education and health care. And girls are especially vulnerable, facing discrimination, violence and high rates of early pregnancy. © UNFPA

19 May 2017

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One year after Ebola’s end, Sierra Leone's midwives help mend health system

Midwifery students listen to a fetal heartbeat. A new generation of midwives will shore up reproductive health care in Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone. © Olivia Acland, United Nations

19 June 2017

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Violence in Marawi displaces thousands of pregnant women and new mothers

03 July 2017

Press Release

UNFPA on Standby to Provide Psychosocial Support, Reproductive Health Care to Just-Freed Chibok Girls

08 May 2017

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