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A guiding hand: School counsellors in Sierra Leone address early pregnancy, child marriage

In Sierra Leone, 28 per cent of adolescent girls between ages 15 and 19 are pregnant or already mothers, according to a 2013 survey .

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“We are working against all odds”: Despite progress, FGM and child marriage numbers cause alarm

“We’re needing to speed up,” said UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem at a high-level event.

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A league of extraordinary women: Real life super heroes

Women are defying the odds to secure the rights of their friends, sisters and countrywomen.

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The Nairobi Summit on ICPD25: Accelerating the promise

12-14 November 2019 High-level Conference on ICPD25 This year marks the 25th anniversary of the...

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Gender equality needed for “unlocking the full potential of a country”

"Gender equality is also a human right,” said Ine Eriksen Søreide, the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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The Nairobi Summit to Advance the ICPD Programme of Action

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 18 January 2019 — The Government of the Republic of Kenya and the United Nations Population...

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In 1994, a revolution started – it's time we finish it

Twenty-five years ago, leaders agreed sexual and reproductive health and rights are the cornerstone of global...

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UNFPA Transformative Results

END MATERNAL DEATH

Since 1990, maternal death has declined by 44 per cent. Still, some 830 women...Read more

Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births

Actual
UNFPA vision
SDG Target

Assuming all the maternal deaths are preventable

END UNMET NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING

Family planning is central to women’s empowerment and sustainable...Read more

Unmet need for family planning

Actual
UNFPA vision
Projection

Women with unmet need are those, aged 15-49, who are married or in a union and want to stop or delay childbearing but are not using any method of contraception

END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ALL HARMFUL PRACTICES

Violence against women and girls remains a global pandemic. One in...Read more

Ending Child Marriage

Per cent of girls married/in union before age 15

Per cent of girls married/in union after age 15 but before age 18

Actual
UNFPA vision
SDG Target

Actual
UNFPA vision
SDG Target

ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND HARMFUL PRACTICES

Violence against women and girls remains a global pandemic. One in...Read more

Global prevalence of female genital mutilation

Actual
UNFPA vision
SDG Target

ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND HARMFUL PRACTICES

Violence against women and girls remains a global pandemic. One in...Read more

Prevalence of recent intimate partner violence

UNFPA vision
SDG Target

Per cent of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months

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