News

Philippines: Maternal Mortality Rates Not Making Sufficient Progress to Meet MDGs

Filipino women in undeveloped rural areas of the Philippines are far more likely to die from childbearing than their urban counterparts.

07 April 2009

News

Teenage Pregnancy is Way of Life in Remote Laotian Villages

At 16, Tod is expecting her second child. With limited options for schooling, adolscents in some remote villages in southern Laos routinely marry and start the hard work of raising families by age 14 or 15. Photo©UNFPA AsiaPacific

30 October 2013

News

Preventing Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador

Maria Victoria Urquizo(15) was raped by a co-worker when she was 14 years old. Now she lives with her baby girl at her brother's house. Photo: Trygve Olfarnes/UNFPA.

26 August 2010

News

Liberia's Ebola outbreak leaves pregnant women stranded

Two midwives in protective gear supplied by UNFPA hand over a newborn to her mother at the Star of the Sea Clinic in West Point, Monrovia. Photo credit: UNFPA Liberia

26 August 2014

News

Breaking the Wall of Silence, Women and Girls in Morocco Open Up about Adolescent Pregnancy

Two young girls recount their experiences as adolescent mothers in Morocco in an effort to raise awareness about the challenges of adolescent pregnancy. They are wearing masks to remain anonymous and avoid stigma. Photo © UNFPA/Morocco

29 October 2013

News

“First School, Then Marriage and Babies”

Arnela, 18, bottle-feeds her 18-month old daughter in her pram while Sabrina, 17 (left), cradles her 28-day old son on her lap. Photo © Jason D. Jones / UNFPA

30 October 2013

News

Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

A former circumciser teaching community members on harms of FGM/C. Photo: Abraham Gelaw

08 April 2010

News

Jamaica Offers a Model for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies while Supporting Young Mothers

Talking to adolescents about sex can make for important but sometimes uncomfortable conversations. Photo: Basil Jones for UNFPA

27 August 2013

Empowering Young People: Ethiopia

Published on: 12/12/2014

Voices of young people: video collage produced by UNFPA Ethiopia.

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