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UNFPA

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2012

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IIED

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Urbanization, gender and urban poverty:

Paid work and unpaid carework in the city

News

Empowering girls key to Africa's success, leaders affirm

calendar_today22 September 2014

Investing in adolescents and youth will be key to taking advantage of a demographic dividend in the Sahel region of Africa, leaders said today at the United Nations. Girls in Niger. Photo credit: OCHA/David Ohana

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Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

calendar_today26 September 2014

Munira Sha'ban, a renowned Jordanian midwife, speaks at a high-level UN event on improving the survival of women, newborns and children. Beside her are Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Chinese diplomacy leader Li Xiaolin, and Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and For Malaria Ray Chambers. Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation

Statement

Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence

calendar_today09 October 2014

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Empowerment programmes help girls break free of violence

calendar_today09 October 2014

Edna Musada, a Sista2Sista facilitator in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, shows girls how to play gutu, a game she uses to demonstrate the importance of family planning. Photo credit: UNFPA Zimbabwe

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Displaced Iraqi women, youth receive psychosocial support

calendar_today13 October 2014

Nada (name changed) and her siblings sit in a tent in the Khanke Camp for displaced Iraqis, in Dohuk. They were forced to flee when their community was attacked by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS). Photo credit: UNFPA/Millat Horiri

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Human rights, dignity must form cornerstone of future sustainable development

calendar_today22 September 2014

A pregnant woman rests outside the maternity ward at the Kanungu Health Center IV, in Uganda. Photo credit:Tadej Znidarcic

Publisher

United Nations Population Fund and United Nations Children’s Fund

Publication date

2014

Author

United Nations Population Fund and United Nations Children’s Fund

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Publication

2013 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Accelerating Change

Report of Phase I

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In southern Malawi, reaping the benefits of investing in adolescent girls

calendar_today14 July 2014

A girl who learned tailoring with the support of the UN Joint Programme for Adolescent Girls (JPAG) in Malawi shows off her latest work. Photo credit: UNFPA Malawi

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Violence against women and girls: enough is enough, says UNFPA Head

calendar_today25 June 2014

Displaced women are escorted by peacekeepers as they collect firewood in Sudan, in 2010. The women say they fear being assaulted when they leave their homes. Photo credit: UN Photo/Albert González Farran

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Urbanization, gender and urban poverty:

Paid work and unpaid carework in the city

Empowering girls key to Africa's success, leaders affirm

Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence

Empowerment programmes help girls break free of violence

Displaced Iraqi women, youth receive psychosocial support

Human rights, dignity must form cornerstone of future sustainable development

2013 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Accelerating Change

Report of Phase I

In southern Malawi, reaping the benefits of investing in adolescent girls

Violence against women and girls: enough is enough, says UNFPA Head

Urbanization, gender and urban poverty:

Paid work and unpaid carework in the city

Empowering girls key to Africa's success, leaders affirm

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