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

Globally, pregnancy-related complications are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15 to 19. Photograph by Lucy Tomasino
  • 03 August 2017
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Cursed no more – women in western Ethiopia reject childbirth alone in the bush

Women participate in a community discussion about ending practices that are harmful to women and girls. In this session, they are talking about child marriage. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Meron Negash
  • 28 July 2017
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Gender, Policy and Advocacy Programme Specialist

  • Level: P-3
  • Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
  • Closing date: 22 Aug 2017 05:00 PM (America/New_York)
  • Duty station: Yangon, Myanmar

The Programme Specialist Gender, Policy and Advocacy will work to support gender policy development and UNFPA advocacy efforts on laws and policies more broadly.

We are no longer accepting applications for this position.

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To secure a better future, teens in Sierra Leone look to family planning

Aminata Kabba became pregnant at 15. She says she wishes she had known about family planning. © MSSL
  • 10 July 2017
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To end violence against women, Cambodian project teaches healthy relationships

A pilot programme is working to stop the cycle of violence in Cambodia, where half of women and a quarter of men say wife beating can be justified. © UNFPA Cambodia/Sophanara Pen
  • 20 July 2017
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After devastating birth injuries, 33 women’s lives transformed

A young woman at a fistula-repair campaign in Batouri, Cameroon. Obstetric fistula is a life-altering childbirth injury that afflicts the world's most marginalized women. But it can be repaired – and prevented. © UNFPA Cameroon/Olive Bonga
  • 14 July 2017
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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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Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

Kate and Samuel Opio with their twins at Inomo Health Centre III, in Uganda's Apac District. They now plan to use a modern contraceptive method. © UNFPA/Prossy Jonker Nakanjako
  • 14 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
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Workplace family planning project empowers women, and is good business

When Mae Esparcia returned to work after having a baby, she was able to access contraceptive pills through a workplace family planning programme. ©UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor
  • 07 July 2017
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