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State of World Population Report

State of World Population 2019

Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and when to marry, and when or whether...

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Demographic Dividend in West and Central Africa 2018 Progress Report – Summary

We have completed the first year of our new four-year regional action plan, with activities and initiatives implemented in line with the: Global UNFPA Strategic Plan 2018-2...

Annual Report

2018 Progress Report on Demographic Dividend in West and Central Africa

Significant progress has been made in the provision of frontline reproductive health services to those in dire need, but much more still needs to be done. As part of the Ouagadougo...

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Presentation of Progress Report 2018: The Demographic Dividend in West and Central Africa UNFPA Regional Office for West and Central Africa

Presentation of Progress Report 2018: The Demographic Dividend in West and Central Africa UNFPA Regional Office for West and Central Africa January 21, 2019, UNFPA HQ, New York. ...

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Campaign to promote family planning and keeping girls’ in school

Niger has one of the highest population growth rates in the world (3.9 per cent in 2012). The population is extremely young: people under 15 account for more than half of the total...

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Adolescents and Youth Report: West and Central Africa

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Child Marriage in West and Central Africa

Child marriage in West and Central Africa is one of the biggest challenges in the region and has enormous adverse effects on education, health, including sexual and reproductive he...

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Comprehensive Sexuality Education

This brochure documents the key elements for the implementation of Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE). Using concrete examples from four countries in West Africa (Benin, Côte d&r...

State of World Population Report

State of the World Populations 2018

The global transition from high to low fertility. Not so long ago, most people had large families: five children, on average. Where once there was one global fertility rate, today ...