News

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

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
  • 10 April 2019
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News

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

Condoms at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. Sithu, 21, did not know how to protect himself from HIV. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
  • 10 January 2019
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News

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

Young people outside a youth-friendly health centre in Kamenge, Bujumbura. © UNFPA/Chiara Frisone
  • 18 January 2019
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Resources

Your rights: Information for women and young people with disabilities

Resource date: 2018

Author: UNFPA

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State of World Population

State of World Population 2014

The Power of 1.8 Billion

Number of pages: 126

Publication date: 17 Nov 2014

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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.

Resources

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health

Resource date: Nov 2014

Author: UNFPA

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News

Youth advocates for family planning break taboos in the Maldives

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
  • 12 November 2018
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What we do

Published on: 06/04/2017

Your support will help UNFPA protect human rights and make a difference around the world: unfpa.org/donate

Empowering adolescent girls in Viet Nam

Published on: 11/07/2016

Girls in Viet Nam speak about entering adolescence and being agents of change. 

Speech

Statement of the Executive Director at the First Regular Session of the Executive Board 2015

28 January 2015

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