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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

News

Giving birth upright, with maté – Peru clinics open arms to indigenous women

This woman's second childbirth experience was totally different from her first, she says, because she was able to deliver in the traditional vertical position. © Panorama/Carlos Gomez

29 September 2016

News

Putting human rights at the heart of reproductive health

A new mother attends a culturally sensitive counselling session at the Jose Domingo De Obaldia Hospital in David, Panama. © UNFPA/Guadalupe Valdes

17 April 2015

News

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

News

Protecting the Rights, Unleashing the Potential of Indigenous Girls in Rural Guatemala

Abriendo Oportunidades offers safe spaces, mentoring, educational opportunities and solidarity for adolescent Mayan girls. It also introduces new possibilities into their lives. Photo © Mark Tuschman

14 May 2013

News

Midwives Deliver for the Women of the World

02 May 2013

News

Indigenous Girls in Guatemala Break the Cycle of Poverty

Girl leaders in Xesacmalja, Guatemala, speak about the skills they've learned through Abriendo Oportunidades. Photo Credit: UNFPA

02 April 2014

News

UNFPA Patron in Mozambique

In her first encounter with UNFPA’s work in the national context, Crown Princess Mary made a strong impression on the people she met, who in turn, were a source of inspiration for her. Photo: Torkil Adersen / Scanpix

14 November 2012

News

Piloting Community Maternal Health Care to Save Mothers' Lives in Tibet

Xi-re takes the blood pressure of one of her clients Photo: Chen Jianzhong/UNFPA

19 December 2012

Opinion

UNFPA Chief Speaks About HIV, Maternal Health and Leadership

09 December 2011

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