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19/05/2014

Watch testimonials of midwives from developing countries talking about the challenges they face in their daily life-saving work.

05/07/2016

Family planning and sexuality education is now available to young people in Liberia.

22/06/2016

Watch to see how young Liberian volunteers are transforming their futures and the lives of others through an innovative @UNFPA program that brings comprehensive sexuality education and reproductive healthcare to women and girls across the country. This intervention is being delivered in collaboration with the Government of Liberia. UNFPA works to ensure every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and the potential of every young person is fulfilled.

31/08/2015

Helping Liberian female survivors to cope with challenges related to getting back to a normal life.

08/11/2016

West and Central Africa / Conakry / Guinea - 20 October 2016: President Alpha Condé joined the UNFPA Regional Director Mabingue Ngom to undertake the regional high-level launch of the SWOP in the presence of over 50 young girls, 10 Ministers of Youth from across WCA, several Guinean Ministers, several youth leaders and journalists, the Secretary-General of the Mano River Union, the Resident Coordinator and several heads of mission from across the UN system and development partners.

The launch program included an affirmation to #PutYoungPeopleFirst from young girls, facilitation from the Guinean Minister of Youth, an exposé on the content of the SWOP from the Ministry of Plan and International Cooperation, and interventions from the UN Resident Coordinator, the Regional Director and the President of Guinea.

UNFPA’s State of World Population 2016 report shows how 10-year-old girls—60 million in number worldwide—are the face of our future. They are the starting point for achieving the globally agreed 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as well as the African Union’s Agenda 2063, and they can no longer be left behind if we are to realize the world and Africa we want. It is time to act to realize their human rights and unleash their potential. 

26/08/2016

Providing women and girls with equal access to education, is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a prosperous and sustainable world. As girls move into adolescence, gender disparities widen. In Nigeria this is seen in the number of out of school girls and the percentage increase of child marriage.