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14 April 2022
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Act collectively to end the crisis of teenage pregnancy in Uganda
Uganda’s “serious problem” of teenage pregnancy requires collective action to prevent and respond to the crisis – and two new reports by UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and…
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09 April 2022
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Creating a healthy, productive nation for Uganda’s economic development
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni called for greater focus on wealth creation as the ‘bone marrow of prosperity’, by practising commercial agriculture and building…
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07 April 2022
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Sexual and reproductive health: a foundation of resilience and well-being for people and planet
Kaila! In Fiji, it means to cry out loud. It can announce a celebration—or be a passionate call to action. At a moment of profound planetary crisis, Fiji and…
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07 March 2022
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Women and girls pay a heavy price during conflicts and emergencies
More than 1.7 million people, mostly women and children, have now fled from their homes in Ukraine to neighbouring countries. For them, displacement will bring increased…
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18 February 2022
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Reaching young people with sexuality education during the COVID-19 pandemic
Restrictive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 made it difficult for young people to access sexual and reproductive health and rights services including sexuality…
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10 February 2022
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Ray of hope as top women leaders champion campaign against teenage pregnancy, child marriage
Every day in Uganda, the stories of hundreds of cases of teenage pregnancies reported across the country have become a ‘new normal’, visibly creating a crisis that…
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06 February 2022
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A crisis within a crisis: Increased investment critical to end female genital mutilation as COVID-19 rages on
NEW YORK, 6 February 2022 – “Multiple overlapping crises are putting millions of girls at increased risk of female genital mutilation. &ldquo…
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11 January 2022
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Fourteen-year-old girl rejects her mother’s demands to marry a 35-year-old man
Abim district, Northern Uganda – Fourteen-year-old Ruth* said no to child marriage. She rejected her mother’s demands to get married to a man twice her age. A…
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23 December 2021
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The WAY programme gave me a hook!
Adjumani Town Council in Adjumani district is one of the areas in the country that is riddled with different culturally gender based forms of violence. In this area, it is not…
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