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A story of violence: 16 objects show the reality of gender-based violence around the world

calendar_today22 November 2017

Tatiana’s family in Ukraine was torn apart by her husband’s abuses. He is gone now, but she and her six children are still trying to rebuild in this small home. “The children – I live for them,” Tatiana said. © UNFPA Ukraine/Maks Levin
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Ending child marriage in Sierra Leone

calendar_today25 October 2017

Ending child marriage in Sierra Leone

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Ending child marriage in Sierra Leone

UNFPA and UNICEF are jointly implementing the Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage. The Global Programme approach recognises that ending child marriage will involve addressing complex socio-cultural and structural factors which contribute to child marriage over an extended period.

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  • Two wheelchairs and a stroller: Overcoming barriers to parenthood in Belarus

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Two wheelchairs and a stroller: Overcoming barriers to parenthood in Belarus

calendar_today02 November 2017

Anya Shevko with her daughter Nastya. The family struggled to obtain wheelchair-accessible reproductive health services. Photographed by Denis Zelenko for Imena Magazine
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  • Men take a stand against gender-based violence in Azerbaijan

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Men take a stand against gender-based violence in Azerbaijan

calendar_today27 October 2017

An initiative is bringing men together to address gender-based violence and the inequalities that fuel it. © UNFPA Azerbaijan
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State of World Population 2017

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Oct 2017

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State of World Population

State of World Population 2017

Worlds Apart - Reproductive health and rights in an age of inequality

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Statement of Acting Executive Director to Second Regular Session of Executive Board 2017

calendar_today07 September 2017

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UN and EU launch global effort to end violence against women

calendar_today22 September 2017

Svitlana Tavantseva (right) counsels survivors of violence in Ukraine. Too often, she says, women are shamed rather than perpetrators. © UNFPA Ukraine/Maks Levin
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  • Escape at dawn: running away from child marriage and FGM in Kenya

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Escape at dawn: running away from child marriage and FGM in Kenya

calendar_today06 September 2017

Faith (centre) with her friends Sylvia (right) and Vivian, who all ran away from home to avoid female genital mutilation and child marriage. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo
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  • For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

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For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

calendar_today10 August 2017

Asha Ali Ibrahim, a local circumciser, with her granddaughter, who is due to be cut this year. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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  • Teen pregnancies, and attendant health risks, a major concern in El Salvador

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Teen pregnancies, and attendant health risks, a major concern in El Salvador

calendar_today03 August 2017

Globally, pregnancy-related complications are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15 to 19. Photograph by Lucy Tomasino
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