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Study shows meeting adolescents’ health needs would yield tenfold return

calendar_today20 April 2017

Girls from the Safeguard Young People programme in Malawi, which provides sexual and reproductive health information, helps young people access health services, and offers leadership training. © UNFPA Malawi/Hope Ngwira
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Contraceptives a game changer for crisis-affected women in northern Nigeria

calendar_today14 June 2017

Access to contraceptives helped Hajja Fati finish her education. © UNFPA Nigeria/Kori Habib
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Workplace family planning project empowers women, and is good business

calendar_today07 July 2017

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
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For many women in Ukraine, escape from conflict not an escape from violence

calendar_today07 June 2017

UNFPA mobile teams have reached thousands of survivors of gender-based violence in Ukraine. © UNFPA/Maks Levin
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Midwives offer care, dignity and a lifeline for Haiti's mothers

calendar_today04 May 2017

"We are rewarded when we hear the newborn’s cry and see the mother’s smile," said midwife Résia Pierre Pierre (right). © UNFPA Haiti
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Young people call for education, health care, rights – and politicians are listening

calendar_today19 May 2017

Young people face myriad barriers to realizing their human rights, including poor access to education and health care. And girls are especially vulnerable, facing discrimination, violence and high rates of early pregnancy. © UNFPA
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Family planning is a human right. Yet in developing countries, 214 million women don't have the power to decide their future. With Power Her Choices, UNFPA, United Colors of Benetton and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are calling attention to this unacceptable situation.  

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One year after Ebola’s end, Sierra Leone's midwives help mend health system

calendar_today19 June 2017

Midwifery students listen to a fetal heartbeat. A new generation of midwives will shore up reproductive health care in Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone. © Olivia Acland, United Nations
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Speech

Family Planning Summit Opening Plenary Remarks

calendar_today11 July 2017

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Statement

Family planning: empowering people, developing nations

calendar_today11 July 2017

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