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Ethiopian women and girls see “remarkable results” in ending child marriage
- 08 February 2018
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Life interrupted: Myanmar teen pregnancy points to need for comprehensive sexuality education
- 25 January 2018
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I am powerful: Girls around the world stand up against FGM
06 February 2018
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“I refused”: Brave women and girls take a stand against FGM
- 06 February 2018
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Help girls say #IDONT to child marriage
Published on: 01/02/2018
Valentines Day is a romantic time for couples, but not for these girls. Help them say "I DON'T" to child marriage. Learn more.
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Voices of child brides around the world
01 February 2018
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Al-Hassakeh, Syria – Vulnerable civilians were caught in the crossfire as hostilities intensified in north-eastern Syria in recent weeks. “I took out around 160 pieces of shrapnel from the bodies of women and children…
29 April 2019
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KAPILVASTU, Nepal – Wearing her volunteer's uniform, a sky-blue sari, Kaushalya Pasi patiently addresses a group of women sitting around her at a village health post in Nepal's Terai region, the western plains bordering…
11 April 2019
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DOMBOYA, Ethiopia/NEW YORK, United Nations – Tadelech Ermias remembers the ridicule she faced when she refused to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), which was considered a requirement for brides in her community…
15 March 2019
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Join us in ending child marriage
Resource date: Sep 2017
Author: UNFPA and UNICEF
Today, one in four young women will be married in childhood. Child marriage is a human rights violation on a vast scale and a major obstacle to sustainable development. Girls are disproportionately affected; levels of child marriage among boys are about one fifth of the levels among girls. Around 750 million girls and women alive today were married in childhood, and unless progress is accelerated, that number will remain at least as high through 2030.
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Norway
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LILONGWE, Malawi – Chifundo Tindo lived with HIV for years before learning, at age 14, about her status.
It had been a closely guarded secret since she was a child, even as her sister made sure she took her…
01 December 2019
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the closing ceremony of the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25.
Excellencies, distinguished participants, dear friends:
What an incredible three…
14 November 2019
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JUBA/KINSHASA/NEW YORK – Betty* is a survivor. The South Sudanese teenager has risen above a horrific act of violence and reclaimed her life. But her heroic act of recovery should never have been necessary, leaders at…
26 September 2019
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Canada
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SHAHRISTAN, Afghanistan – “It was midnight on 6 August when there was a loud knocking at my front door. My husband answered. Standing in the dark was a person asking for my help – a baby was being born,” Shirin…
21 October 2020
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The Government of Canada has partnered with UNFPA to donate over 300 personal protective equipment (PPE) kits worth some $35,000 to authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The kits, which contain surgical and N95 masks, face…
15 October 2020
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UNITED NATIONS, New York/DOHUK, Iraq – Nearly 1,000 delegates convened at a virtual United Nations event yesterday to urge action to end sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian settings.
Sexual and gender-based…
29 September 2020
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