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Vast numbers of women lack decision-making power over their own bodies, says UNFPA flagship report

Marta Paula, from Guinea-Bissau, was hospitalized when she gave birth at 13. Doctors were worried she might die. Today, she calls for young people to have access to family planning. © UNFPA/I. Barbosa

10 April 2019

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Declaration affirms global support for reproductive health and rights

More than 200 million of women and adolescent girls are not using modern contraceptives even though they want to avoid pregnancy, the 52nd Commission on Population and Development heard today. In Thailand, a UNFPA-supported emergency shelter for pregnant teens. © UNFPA/Ruth Carr

01 April 2019

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Health, rights situation critical among women and girls in conflict-scarred Dara’a

After years of conflict, the population is seeing a cascade of health and human rights problems fall "like dominoes". © UNFPA Syria/Sufian Abdul-Mouty

19 March 2019

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Leaders call for securing sexual and reproductive health and rights in Kenya’s largest slum

Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA's Executive Director, met with community role models in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Kenya. © UNFPA

11 March 2019

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In Burundi, sexual health education helps youth protect themselves, their futures

Young people outside a youth-friendly health centre in Kamenge, Bujumbura. © UNFPA/Chiara Frisone

18 January 2019

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Fear and exhaustion shadow Venezuelan women on the long trek to Peru

“We have been traveling for a week without being able to sleep, take a shower or eat well. I get tired easily, and have vomiting and headaches," said Mariana, who is five months pregnant. © UNFPA Peru

28 February 2019

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Female Islamic preachers call for women’s rights, contraception in Niger

In this Islamic study group, older women bring up questions that younger women are too embarrassed to raise. © UNFPA WCARO/Habibou Dia

27 February 2019

Press Release

The Nairobi Summit to Advance the ICPD Programme of Action

18 January 2019

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Reaching women in Mosul, where the shadow of conflict still lingers

07 February 2019

State of World Population

State of World Population 2012

By Choice, Not By Chance: Family Planning, Human Rights and Development

Number of pages: 128

Publication date: 01 Jan 2012

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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