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20 October 2016
Press Release
Investing in 10-year-old girls could yield huge demographic dividend, pump billions into national economies
• Girls are less likely than boys to complete schooling and more likely to face forced marriage, child labour, female genital mutilation and other undermining practices. • More…
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19 October 2016
Safe Birth Even Here: Midwife Kellen Sanyu works to ensure that no woman dies while giving birth in Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement.
“Midwifery is such a noble profession because we save lives,” she says.
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12 August 2016
Press Release
Young People and the Road to 2030
Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, for International Youth Day
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04 August 2016
Adolescent girls share hopes and dreams for the future
A better life for girls
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29 June 2016
Press Release
KOREA INVESTS US$ 5 MILLION FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS PROGRAMME IN UGANDA
As part of the contribution to the global agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Government of the Republic of South Korea pledged 200 million US dollars over the next…
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03 December 2015
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UNFPA making a difference in the life of a refugee child mother
n the refugee camps near the border with the DRC (the Democratic Republic of Congo), many girls and boys do not attend school and teenage pregnancy is alarmingly high. …
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30 November 2015
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“If It’s Not On, It’s Not Safe”: Ugandan musicians promote condom use to save lives
KAMPALA, Uganda – “A commando dies if he neglects the bullet proof. How do you work on a farm minus gumboots?” raps popular Ugandan musician GNL Zamba in the…
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14 November 2015
UNFPA featured in Daily Monitor
Daily Monitor featured UNFPA work to improve maternal health by supporting creation of waiting shelters in Kanungu district. Mothers in hard- to- reach areas stay at the waiting…
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