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Empowering Girls in Nepal to Say ‘No’ to Child Marriage

With the help of her Choose Your Future classmates, Usha blocked her parents' plans to have her married at 15. Photo: William A. Ryan<

09 October 2012

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UNFPA Launches Advocacy Platform for Post-2015 Development Framework

24 October 2013

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Protecting the Rights, Unleashing the Potential of Indigenous Girls in Rural Guatemala

Abriendo Oportunidades offers safe spaces, mentoring, educational opportunities and solidarity for adolescent Mayan girls. It also introduces new possibilities into their lives. Photo © Mark Tuschman

14 May 2013

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Domestic Violence in Georgia: Breaking the Silence

Domestic violence thrives in a culture of silence.  A broad-based campaign in Georgia aims to bring the issue out into the open. 

04 March 2013

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Avoiding and Mitigating the Health Consequences of FGM/C in Ethiopia

<p>Sadiya (right) at the hospital with her mother.  <i>Photo © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw</i> </p>

18 June 2013

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Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

A former circumciser teaching community members on harms of FGM/C. Photo: Abraham Gelaw

08 April 2010

Resources

Dignity and Human Rights : Factsheet

Resource date: Feb 2014

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

Resources

State of World Population 2012 : Executive Summary

Resource date: 2012

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

News

Huge potential for economic growth requires fulfilling the promise of youth, flagship report says

Students attend a workshop focused on their rights and potential, held during a conference in Apia, Samoa. Credit: UNFPA Pacific/Ariela Zibiah

18 November 2014

Resources

ICPD Beyond 2014 International Conference on human rights

Resource date: 2013

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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