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04 August 2015
Silent no more: Radio in Cameroon amplifies the voices of women and girls
MOKOLO, Cameroon – Conditions are often harrowing for women and girls in Cameroon’s Far North Region. Violence, child marriage and maternal death are all too familiar experiences…
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28 July 2015
Press Release
The Mano River Union and the United Nations Population Fund sign a Memorandum of Understanding to revitalize partnership
Malabo, 20 July 2015. In an effort to provide a sub-regional scope to address cross border issues, the Mano River Union (MRU) and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, have…
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21 July 2015
Press Release
Mano River Maternal Health Response (MRMR): A Call to Action for an Innovative Country-driven Initiative
Malabo, 19 July 2015. Ministers and high level officials from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone; the African Union Commission (AUC); the Economic Community of West African States …
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02 July 2015
Ebola prompts efforts to boost condom use in Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia – “I am HIV-positive, and I am sure I acquired the virus through sexual contact,” said Stephen McGill, of the group Stop AIDS in Liberia, at the launch of a…
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31 May 2015
School campaign aims to help Côte d’Ivoire reap demographic dividend
DAKAR, Senegal – "I knew I was pregnant, but I talked to my classmate, not my parents or my teachers,” said Amina, 18, a student in Daoukro, Côte d’Ivoire. “My parents were very…
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29 May 2015
UNFPA restores health and dignity of rescued girls in Nigeria
Yola, May 18, 2015 - After the trauma of being forcefully captured from their homes, starved almost to death and violently abused by their abductors, victims of the Boko Haram…
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28 May 2015
Safeguarding the Dignity and Health of the Women and Children Rescued from the Boko Haram
Nigeria, 09 May 2015 – The Makohi camp in Yola, Adamawa State in northeastern Nigeria is home to the 275 women and children who were recently rescued from the Sambisa forest – the…
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05 May 2015
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Nigeria: UNFPA provides immediate support to women and girls rescued from Boko Haram
2 May 2015. Over 400 women and children held by Boko Haram armed group were reported to have been rescued by the Nigerian army at the end of April. UNFPA country office in Nigeria…
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16 April 2015
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Benin: UNFPA supports the improvement of family planning services
On 8 April, UNFPA donated to the Ministry of Health of Benin a batch of equipment and medicines worth more than 883 million CFA (equivalent USD 1,500,000) in order to improve the…
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