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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

Press Release

World’s 1.8 Billion Young Can Propel Socioeconomic Development, New UNFPA Report Shows

17 November 2014

News

Empowering girls key to Africa's success, leaders affirm

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

22 September 2014

News

How to address low fertility fears? Invest in young people

Maryana Borisova, a young Roma activist from Bulgaria, attending a conference in 2013. Ms. Borisova demonstrates how investment in young people can generate gains for society. Credit: UNFPA

16 July 2014

News

Investing in youth pays dividends, evidence from Sri Lanka shows

Anoka Abeyrante, a young environmentalist and lawyer, speaks about transforming Sri Lanka's ecology during the launch of "Generation Youth." Photo credit: UNFPA

09 July 2014

News

Harnessing the potential of Africa’s youth

Africa's youth population is growing rapidly. A school in Bamako, Mali, newly rehabilitated by UN engineers. Photo credit: UN Photo/Marco Dormino

15 April 2014

News

Building the Future of Africa by Empowering Women and Youth

Ms. Trina S. Haque, Sector Manager for the World Bank Group's Health, Nutrition and Population in West and Central Africa; Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund; and H.E., Ms. Maikibi Kadidiatou Dandobi, Minister of Population, Promotion of Women and Protection of Children of Niger.

11 March 2014

Press Release

World Bank Group, UNFPA, Pledge to Improve Maternal and Reproductive Health of Women and Adolescent Girls in Africa’s Sahel Region

11 November 2013

News

Family Planning Conference Highlights Political Commitment and the Importance of Youth

Balanish Gamada (left) is one of three million volunteer leaders mobilized across Ethiopia to provide counselling and help increase the use of health services, including family planning. She is responsible for a population of 38,000 in her local administrative district of Aleltu, close to the capital Addis Ababa. Photo © UNFPA/Etienne Franca

12 November 2013

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UN, World Bank Boost Support for Women’s Health, Girls’ Education in Africa’s Sahel

07 November 2013

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