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14 October 2016
Press Release
UNFPA ON STANDBY TO PROVIDE URGENT PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE TO RESCUED CHIBOK GIRLS
UNITED NATIONS, New York/Dakar/ABUJA, 14 October 2016 — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, welcomes the release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls who were captured by Boko Haram…
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20 September 2016
News
African presidents urge investment in youth as continent sees rare demographic opportunity
World Bank Vice President Keith Hansen, President Idriss Déby of Chad, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin…
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20 September 2016
News
Les Présidents africains exhortent à investir dans la jeunesse vu que le continent connaît une explosion démographique qui constitue une opportunité rare
NATIONS UNIES, New York/BAGRE, Burkina Faso – Des Présidents, des ministres, et des fonctionnaires des Nations Unies et de la Banque mondiale se sont…
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29 August 2016
Giving birth amid Boko Haram insurgency; UNFPA reaching millions with care
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Zarah Bunu was just a teenager when she was forced to flee her home in north-eastern Nigeria two years ago. The steady drumbeat of fear and violence caused by…
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28 August 2016
Press Release
African leaders, partners commit to actions to empower youth, women to transform Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya, 28 August 2016. African, Japanese and other leaders at the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), in Nairobi, agreed today on more…
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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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