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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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Empowering Girls in Nepal to Say ‘No’ to Child Marriage

With the help of her Choose Your Future classmates, Usha blocked her parents' plans to have her married at 15. Photo: William A. Ryan<

09 October 2012

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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

Culturally sensitive approaches

Cultures adapt to change, and they also contribute to it. Credit: Mani Babar

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Using Social Media to Empower Madagascar’s Youth

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. Photo © Lovaniaina Tsiandatse/UNFPA

28 October 2013

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UNFPA Launches Advocacy Platform for Post-2015 Development Framework

24 October 2013

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Teenage Pregnancy is Way of Life in Remote Laotian Villages

At 16, Tod is expecting her second child. 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. Photo©UNFPA AsiaPacific

30 October 2013

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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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Malagasy Women Wounded by Child Marriage and its Aftermath

Alphonsine has lived for nearly 20 years with obstetric fistula and resulting incontinence.  She underwent a surgical repair, but needs to undergo another.  Photo: UNFPA Madagascar

10 October 2012

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Ugandan Communities Scrutinize a Violent – Sometimes Deadly – Rite of Passage

These schoolchildren in the Moroto district, where FGM/C is still prevalent, were shown a video that explains the negative consequences of the practice. In the past, this information was hidden from them

01 February 2013

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