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Gender and income inequalities driving teenage motherhood in developing countries, new report confirms
- 05 July 2022
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UNFPA research reveals that nearly a third of all women in developing countries become mothers during adolescence
05 July 2022
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Ukrainian refugees in Moldova guaranteed access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services
- 29 June 2022
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Reproductive rights are human rights
Published on: 29/06/2022
Restricting access to abortion does not prevent abortion. It simply makes it more deadly.
Read UNFPA's statement on the global implications of new restrictions to access to abortion here.
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Statement
UNFPA statement on the global implications of new restrictions to access to abortion
24 June 2022
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Publication
Motherhood in Childhood: The Untold Story
Number of pages: 70
Publication date: 27 Jun 2022
Publisher: UNFPA
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Resources
Motherhood in Childhood: The Untold Story Supplementary Material
Resource date: Jun 2022
Publisher: UNFPA
This report examines trends in adolescent childbearing using techniques that focus on the most vulnerable girls, such as child mothers, girls with repeat adolescent childbearing, and births that occur in dangerously quick succession. In using these new measures, it uncovers the untold story of more than 50 years of adolescent childbearing in the world’s low- and middle-income countries.
This Supplementary Material is an annex to the full report.
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Resources
Motherhood in Childhood: The Untold Story Executive Summary
Resource date: Jun 2022
Publisher: UNFPA
This report examines trends in adolescent childbearing using techniques that focus on the most vulnerable girls, such as child mothers, girls with repeat adolescent childbearing, and births that occur in dangerously quick succession. In using these new measures, it uncovers the untold story of more than 50 years of adolescent childbearing in the world’s low- and middle- income countries.
This Executive Summary provides an overview of the full report.
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Fighting the stigma of living with HIV in Sri Lanka
- 01 June 2022
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Publication
Safe lubricants for all - Procurement specifications for lubricants used with male and female condoms (Technical brief)
Number of pages: 25
Publication date: 31 May 2022
Author: UNFPA
The lack of global specifications for safe and non-toxic personal lubricants led UNFPA and partners to develop guidance for professionals who produce, procure and distribute these products for reproductive health programmes.
This publication presents the World Health Organization/United Nations Population Fund specifications for plain lubricants to be used with male and female condoms, and addresses issues raised in the global consultation on personal lubricants convened by UNFPA, as well as key concepts and terminology.
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