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Why addressing child marriage and adolescent pregnancy is essential
The West and Central Africa region1 has 506.4 million people thus accounting for about 43 per cent of Africa's population. With current trends, the population is expected to in...
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Annual Report
Demographic Dividend in West and Central Africa: 2017 Progress Report
As we begin 2018, we are delighted to have ended 2017 on a high note, confident that we helped make investment in young people the rallying call of the year. Our response to the ca...
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Annual Report
Demographic Dividend in West and Central Africa: 2017 Progress Report
As we begin 2018, we are delighted to have ended 2017 on a high note, confident that we helped make investment in young people the rallying call of the year. Our response to the ca...
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Annual Report
Demographic Dividend in West and Central Africa: 2017 Progress Report
In 2017, UNFPA WCARO had one clear objective - to put our agenda of harnessing the demographic dividend in our region to work. We teamed up with the African Union and its ...
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Analysis of Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation in Selected Countries in West Africa
Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been internationally recognized as a violation of the rights, health and integrity of women and girls. FGM constitutes both a result and a perpe...
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State of World Population Report
STATE OF WORLD POPULATION 2017
Right now, the combined wealth of the world’s 2,473 billionaires, as calculated by Wealth-X, exceeds $7.7 trillion. That’s equivalent to the combined gross domestic pro...
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Islam, Demographic Dividend, and Family Wellbeing
An international symposium on “Islam,Demographic Dividend and FamilyWellbeing” took place in Ndjamena, Chad, from 25 to 27 July 2017, at the initiative of the Governmen...
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Demographic Dividend Lessons from two years of advocacy with UNFPA-WCARO
“Today is the beginning of a new milestone… Let us not forget that Africa is the continent with the most constraints and uncertainties. Globally, it appears as a disas...
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Review of Adolescent and Youth Policies, Strategies and Laws
Adolescent health and development are key foundations for a country’s economic development and political stability. The outcomes of adolescent health are closely linked with ...
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