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02 March 2018
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UNFPA Mali country office hosts first champions thematic meeting of west and central Africa
UNFPA Mali country office hosts first champions thematic meeting of west and central Africa At its June 2015 regional management team (RMT) meeting in Libreville, a 7-point…
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27 February 2018
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UNFPA's vision and agenda 2030
Our goal is to achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health, realize reproductive rights, and reduce maternal mortality to accelerate progress on the agenda of the…
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26 February 2018
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UNFPA presents its 2017 Progress Report on the Demographic Dividend
Dakar, Senegal – 22 February 2018: The United Nations Population Fund West and Central Africa Regional Office (UNFPA WCARO), in collaboration with the African Group of Ambassadors…
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06 February 2018
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“I refused”: Brave women and girls take a stand against FGM
UNITED NATIONS, New York/Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO – Fourteen-year-old Latifatou Compaoré learned the spirit of resistance from her mother. Her mother was subjected to female…
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03 February 2018
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We Must Stand in Solidarity for the Rights of Young Girls to Education - Youth Envoy at a Visit to Al Hadj Ibrahima Thiaw School, Dakar
Dakar, Al-Hadji Ibrahima Thiaw High School, 3 February 2018 The visit at Al-Hadji Ibrahima Thiaw School was the first of two visits made by the UN Secretary General’s Envoy,…
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03 February 2018
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Youth Envoy Engages with Young People at Outreach Centre in Mbour, Senegal
Mbour, Senegal, 3 February, 2018 At Mbour, 85km from Dakar the UN Secretary General’s Youth Envoy, Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake expressed her delight in the work the Youth Centre…
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03 February 2018
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UN Youth Envoy rallies support for demographic dividend pilot project in FASS County in Dakar, Senegal
Dakar, Senegal - 2 February 2018 - Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Youth, Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake has called on the international community to fully support the…
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02 February 2018
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UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth Calls for Free and Quality Education for Young People at Global Partnership on Education Conference
Dakar, February 2, 2018 The United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake began her First Multi-Country Official Mission to Africa with a…
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01 February 2018
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Top 5 things you didn’t know about child marriage
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Around the world, Valentine’s Day is celebrated as a romantic time for couples. Yet millions of children are coupled up before they are ready, often…
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