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![SWEDD: a project that brings together six countries of the Sahel region](https://wcaro.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/dividENG_corr_web.jpg?itok=yMKZ0hpK)
Official Launch of the Regional Project - « Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend »
Niamey, 29 October 2015. The launch of the "Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Project” took place in Niamey Palais des Congres on... Read more
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Regional Consultation with Faith-based Leaders on Demographic Dividend and Access to Reproductive Health Services
Dakar, 20 October 2015- On 25 September 2015, 193 Member States of the United Nations unanimously adopted the sustainable development goals paving... Read more
![The Listening Centre refers violence survivors to a local health centre for medical care. Here, women wait to be seen at a health centre in Cameroon. © UNFPA Cameroon](https://wcaro.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/UNFPA-supported-health-centre_newsbanner.jpg?itok=landIhv1)
Violence survivors find compassion, care at Cameroon's Listening Centre
YAOUNDE/BATOURI, Cameroon – How does one comfort the family of an abused adolescent girl, or assist a pregnant survivor of sexual assault? In Batouri... Read more
![In Kelo, Chad, Dr. Youssifou Savadogo shows a class of nurses and midwives how to identify and address labour complications. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard](https://wcaro.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/Training_newsbanner.jpg?itok=fzgmQkVX)
Before it’s too late: Doctors take on one of the deadliest places for women
KELO, Chad – Fifteen nurses and midwives sit in a spacious classroom in Kelo, in southern Chad. In the corner is a makeshift delivery room, where... Read more
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The Introduction of the Mobile Application "CommCare" in Ebola Contact Tracing and Information Management Related to Patients
Conakry, Guinea. “CommCare” technology has been chosen to support the implementation of the Government Response Plan against the Ebola Virus Disease... Read more
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UNFPA assured partnership with Yobe state to promote reproductive health
The United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) has assured more partnership with Yobe state to promote reproductive health, restore women dignity and... Read more
![Marcelle, 19, calls for girls to “get an education and be successful in life.” She and other elite athletes at the All African Games promoted girls’ rights, health and well-being through a variety of UNFPA-supported programmes](https://wcaro.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/Marcelle-Congolese-newsbanner.jpg?itok=2AQ5F6Ov)
The power of girls: African athletes call for gender equality, support for girls
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo – “We are tired of hearing our parents telling us how, back in their days, young girls were married already at the age of 13,”... Read more
![Roukiatou Youssoupha Diallo's wedding was cancelled, and she was allowed to stay in school. Here, she speaks with UNFPA officials in Debere Talata, Burkina Faso. © UNFPA Burkina Faso](https://wcaro.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/IMG_1181_newsbanner.jpg?itok=OuRxqq8U)
Child marriage “shatters” the future of girls, communities
UNITED NATIONS, New York/ DEBERE TALATA, Burkina Faso – When Roukiatou Youssoupha Diallo, in rural Burkina Faso, was engaged to be married, she was... Read more
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In region assaulted by Boko Haram, women, young people key to stability
UNITED NATIONS, New York/DAKAR, Senegal – Thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced in the Lake Chad Basin region, the result of a... Read more
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Sierra Leone: UNFPA Provides Critical Response to Humanitarian Situation Caused by Torrential Rains and Floods in Freetown
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 18 September 2015 — Within 24 hours after heavy torrential monsoon rain caused unprecedented devastation in Sierra Leone,... Read more