United Kingdom
Population :
67.9 mil
Fertility rate
1.7
Maternal Mortality Ratio
7
Contraceptives prevalence rate
74
Population aged 10-24
17.3%
Youth secondary school enrollment
Boys
97%
Girls
97%
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“When I was 9 years old, my mother told me that three of her sisters died because her grandmother practiced female genital mutilation (FGM),” says Patricia Tobon Yagarí, an Emberá indigenous lawyer from Colombia.
9 February 2016
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The sixth of February is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a day to raise awareness of the practice and work towards its elimination. UNFPA will observe the day on 8 February, when a special high level event will be held at the United...
6 February 2016
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5 February 2016