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UNFPA Appeals to World Community for Women, Young People

21 July 2017

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Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

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

14 July 2017

Annual Report

H6 Partnership Annual Report 2016

Harnessing the collective strengths of the UN system to improve the health of women, children and adolescents everywhere

Number of pages: 125

Publication date: 15 Jun 2017

Publisher: UNFPA on behalf of H6

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With bicycles, impoverished indigenous girls in Guatemala get a taste of freedom

Indigenous girls in northern Guatemala must often travel great distances to get to school, a factor that leads to high drop out rates. Bicycles help them stay in school. © UNFPA/Alejandro De León

25 April 2017

One year after Ebola’s end, a look at the needs of women and girls

19 June 2017

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Study shows meeting adolescents’ health needs would yield tenfold return

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

20 April 2017

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Contraceptives a game changer for crisis-affected women in northern Nigeria

Access to contraceptives helped Hajja Fati finish her education. © UNFPA Nigeria/Kori Habib

14 June 2017

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Workplace family planning project empowers women, and is good business

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

07 July 2017

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

07 June 2017

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Midwives offer care, dignity and a lifeline for Haiti's mothers

"We are rewarded when we hear the newborn’s cry and see the mother’s smile," said midwife Résia Pierre Pierre (right). © UNFPA Haiti

04 May 2017

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