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17 August 2016
Keep girls in school and unlock their power to become economic assets, says UNFPA
ABUJA, Nigeria – Naja’atu Idress is 15 years old. After graduating from primary school at age 10, she hawked for three years to support her parents with a daily stipend. At age 13…
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08 August 2016
120 girls empowered and liberated from the slums
120 out of school girls in Ilaje community, Lagos State, benefited from a UNFPA supported project called «Expanding Access of Slum Dwelling Out-of-School Girls to Sexual and…
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14 July 2016
From Dialakoro to Siguiri, looking for EmONC
Dialakoro is a sub-prefecture of Mandiana located in Upper Guinea between Kankan and Siguiri. The sub-prefecture of Dialakoro has 64,564 inhabitants, 9 health posts, 14 districts,…
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13 July 2016
Saving Africa's Future - Putting its Young People First and Investing in its Girls
The people of West and Central Africa are young – nearly two-thirds haven’t yet celebrated their 24th birthday. This young population gives us great hope. Its energy and…
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05 July 2016
Press Release
Leveraging the faith community to advance maternal health, #PutYoungPeopleFirst and harness the Demographic Dividend
Monday 4th July 2016, Addis Ababa and Dakar: UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and United Religions Initiative - Africa (URI-Africa) sign a partnership agreement to work…
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28 June 2016
Thousands of pregnant women displaced by Boko Haram in Niger
DIFFA, Niger/UNITED NATIONS, New York – Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee south-eastern Niger following an attack by Boko Haram militants in early June. UNFPA…
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16 June 2016
An activist’s story of FGM
Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and is recognized internationally as a…
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14 June 2016
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Harnessing the Demographic Dividend and investing in our future by putting Africa’s young people first
12 June 2016. Senegal is hosting the 11th Global Meeting of the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) Network from 20 to 24 June 2016. The deliberations will take place in Dakar (King…
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10 June 2016
"I am confident about my survival and that of my unborn baby" - Chad
Daresalam Camp in Lake Chad Region, Chad – "I am MARIAM, a nomad girl, a beneficiary of the UNFPA clinic that will save my life and that of my future baby. I will continue to come…
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