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11 October 2019
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"42% of girls abandon the school system before high school, because of unwanted pregnancies and early marriages" says Mabingue Ngom in Paris
"42% of girls abandon the school system before high school, because of unwanted pregnancies and early marriages," said the Regional Director of the United Nations…
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11 October 2019
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GirlForce: Unscripted and unstoppable on the road to Nairobi and beyond!
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October
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09 October 2019
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Statement of the Executive Director on World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day – 10 October 2019
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04 October 2019
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Real men respect women, says school for husbands in Burkina Faso
Waimbabie Gnoumou is learning to be a better husband, says his wife, Martine. That’s because he is going to a special school that teaches men exactly that. The Husbands and Future…
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25 September 2019
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Release of a unique publication on SDG 17 that promotes partnership to transform Africa and the world
An exclusive publication on the seventh Sustainable Development Goal, entitled “Goal 17 - Partnership: UNFPA's approach for transforming Africa and the world" will be published…
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24 September 2019
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Registration opens for the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25
Registration for the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 opened today, an eagerly anticipated next step towards the high-level conference. The Summit will be a watershed…
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12 September 2019
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SWEDD Mauritania: 20 women beneficiaries of safe spaces, winners of the competition on the best projects of Income Generating Activities, funded and trained.
As part of the SWEDD project activities, which aim to improve women and girls living conditions and to reduce gender inequalities in Mauritania, a training workshop and an award…
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06 September 2019
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Launch of the program "POPULATION D'AFRIQUE" on TV5 Monde
A new television programme dedicated to population issues in Africa, entitled “Population d’Afrique”, will go on air as from Saturday 7 September 2019, and…
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13 August 2019
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25 Hours of DAKAR: Declaration of adolescents and young people of west and central Africa
To amplify the voice of African youth on their way to the Nairobi Summit on CIPD25, members of the African Youth and Adolescents Network on Population and Development…
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