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Women Deliver: Empowered Women and Their Powerful Stories

From left to right- Sarah Omega, Awatif Altayib, Dr. Nafis Sadik,Laxmi Tamang and Viviana Palacious. Photo: Moises Saman
  • 09 June 2010
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  • Scaling Up the Humanitarian Response for Syrian Refugees

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Scaling Up the Humanitarian Response for Syrian Refugees

Syrian refugees receiving supplies in Northern Lebanon. Photo: UNHCR/F. Juez
  • 24 June 2012
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  • Young and Pregnant in Jamaica, But Staying in School

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Young and Pregnant in Jamaica, But Staying in School

Kazan's mother offers support to Kazan and baby Shakira. Photo:UNFPA/Jamaica
  • 10 August 2010
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  • Using Social Media to Empower Madagascar’s Youth

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Using Social Media to Empower Madagascar’s Youth

<p>Manantsoa Ratsarazaka (right) founded a groundbreaking project to educate and encourage young people in Madagascar to discuss reproductive health issues and seek advice, using the ever growing power of social media. <i>Photo &copy; Lovaniaina Tsiandatse/UNFPA</i> </p>
  • 28 October 2013
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  • UNFPA Launches Advocacy Platform for Post-2015 Development Framework

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UNFPA Launches Advocacy Platform for Post-2015 Development Framework

  • 24 October 2013
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  • ‘School for Husbands’ Encourages Nigerien Men to Improve the Health of Their Families

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‘School for Husbands’ Encourages Nigerien Men to Improve the Health of Their Families

Pupils of School for Husbands' become guides and role models within their own family and among others in the community.
  • 20 April 2011
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  • Philippines: Maternal Mortality Rates Not Making Sufficient Progress to Meet MDGs

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Philippines: Maternal Mortality Rates Not Making Sufficient Progress to Meet MDGs

Filipino women in undeveloped rural areas of the Philippines are far more likely to die from childbearing than their urban counterparts.
  • 07 April 2009
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  • Teenage Pregnancy is Way of Life in Remote Laotian Villages

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Teenage Pregnancy is Way of Life in Remote Laotian Villages

<p>At 16, Tod is expecting her second child.&nbsp;With limited options for schooling, adolscents in some remote villages in southern Laos routinely marry and start the hard work of raising families by age 14 or 15. <i>Photo&copy;UNFPA AsiaPacific</i> </p>
  • 30 October 2013
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  • Preventing Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador

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Preventing Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador

Maria Victoria Urquizo(15) was raped by a co-worker when she was 14 years old. Now she lives with her baby girl at her brother's house. Photo: Trygve Olfarnes/UNFPA.
  • 26 August 2010
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  • Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded

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Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded

Two midwives in protective gear supplied by UNFPA hand over a newborn to her mother at the Star of the Sea Clinic in West Point, Monrovia. Photo credit: UNFPA Liberia
  • 26 August 2014
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