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UN and EU launch global effort to end violence against women

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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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  • Men in rural Ethiopia show that family planning is not just a women’s issue

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Men in rural Ethiopia show that family planning is not just a women’s issue

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Sileshi Deguale recounts his story, explaining why family planning was the right choice for himself and his wife. © UNFPA Ethiopia
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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

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

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Cursed no more – women in western Ethiopia reject childbirth alone in the bush

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

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

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

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

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To end violence against women, Cambodian project teaches healthy relationships

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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
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  • After devastating birth injuries, 33 women’s lives transformed

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After devastating birth injuries, 33 women’s lives transformed

calendar_today14 July 2017

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

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

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Edith Nambalirwa is reaching other youth with her entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health. © UNFPA ESARO/Corrie Butler
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  • Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

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Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

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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
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