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Health risks to infants & children

WEBEarly childbearing increases the risks for both mothers and their newborns, and the younger the mother, the greater the risk to the baby. In low- and middle-income countries, babies …

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Access to skilled birth attendants

WEBAccess to educated midwives is essential to the lives and health of girls and women during pregnancy and childbirth. Fully qualified midwives working within a functioning health …

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Access to contraception

WEBAccess to adolescent and youth friendly health services, that provide contraception, is essential in enabling adolescents and youth to protect themselves from unintended …

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Very early motherhood

WEBThis is the story of Mulenga & Felicity. “Before I had a baby, I used to play and go wherever I wanted. I like playing football.”.

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Humanitarian settings

WEBInterruption of normal (but often already stretched) services and enormous new needs for health care accentuate the risk that pregnant girls will not receive skilled attendance at …

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About this initiative

WEBAbout UNFPA. UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every child birth is safe, and every …

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This is the story of Elianne

WEBFor the past five years, Elianne has lived with her father and her two siblings in a camp for internally displaced people following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.

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Urban & rural discrepancies

WEBThis is the story of Monde & Raymond. “In developing countries, more than half (60%) of adolescents who want to avoid pregnancy do not use effective contraception.”. In low …

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Female genital mutilation

WEBFGM is a painful violation of human rights. The procedure – most often performed without anesthetics, and with the same un-sterile knife on girl after girl, can put girls’ lives and …

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This is the story of Keya

WEBKeya lives with her husband, her son and her in-laws in an urban slum area in Bangladesh. Keya and her husband fell in love and wanted to get married against their parents’ …

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Sexuality education

WEBEvidence shows that sexuality education does not lead to an earlier onset of sexual activity, but has a positive impact on safer sexual practices and can delay the age of sexual debut.

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This is the story of Ana

WEBThis is the story of Ana. “43 million women in developing countries each year do not deliver in health facilities.”. More stories about access to skilled birth attendants. 43 million …

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Gender-based violence

WEBGender-based violence is often viewed as a women’s issue, yet deep-rooted ideas about masculinity often play a major role. Evidence suggests that girls and women face more …

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Child, early & forced marriage

WEBChild, early and forced marriages are closely associated with young adolescent pregnancy and early motherhood. Once married, young girls are often faced with an expectation to …

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This is the story of Rabeya

WEBRabeya. Rabeya is 16. Photo's. Read more about Rabeya. Rabeya got married at 13 and lives with her three-year old daughter, her husband and her in-laws in a rural area in …

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This is the story of Taonga

WEBEvery year, an estimated two million girls give birth before they turn 15. Young girls face the greatest risk of complications from pregnancy and childbirth.

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