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Dr. Ademola Olajide is United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA) Country Director in South Sudan. The United Nations sexual and reproductive health and rights agency.
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Child marriage
Saba’s smile can brighten a whole room, or the caravan that she shares with her family in Zaatari camp for refugees in Jordan. The 16 year old dynamic Syrian young woman lives in the camp with her mother and four siblings. Her father is in Syria.
State of World Population 2017
No. of pages : 140
Publication date : 17/10/2017
Author : UNFPA
What do economic inequality and family planning have in common?
The surprising link between the two is explored in the State of World Population 2017, the flagship report of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
Annual Report 2016 - UNFPA West & Central Africa Regional Office
No. of pages : 104
Publisher : UNFPA WCARO
Publication date : 02/01/2017
Author : UNFPA WCARO
The message is clear.
We must put young people first if we are to harness the demographic dividend, build resilience and transform our region to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the Africa We Want.
Having helped secure political will in 2016, UNFPA in WCAR intends to secure resources, advance partnerships and fully promote, support and implement interventions that put young people first in 2017 and the years ahead.
GEORGIA Child Marriage
No. of pages : 9
Publication date : 17/10/2014
Author : UNFPA
For a girl, marriage can mean the end of her education, can set aside her chances of a vocation or career, and can steal from her foundational life choices. Dr.Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA
The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of UNFPA, the United Nations or any of its affiliated organizations.
UNFPA regional situation report for Syria crisis, Issue # 61 September 2017
No. of pages : 7
Publication date : 24/10/2017
Author : UNFPA
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC (FROM ALL CHANNELS)
401,562 reproductive health services delivered to Syrians
13,888 deliveries supported, including 5,993 C-section deliveries
92,380 family planning services
18,096 gender-based violence response services provided to Syrians
24,739 women accessed women safe spaces
Ending child marriage in Sierra Leone
Publication date : 24 October 2017
Child marriage is a severe violation of human rights and a serious form of child abuse. Global statistics report that every year approximately 15 million girls are married before the age of 18. The region of West and Central Africa has the highest prevalence rate of child marriage in Africa, and the world’s second highest prevalence rate (after South Asia)[1]. In Sierra Leone the picture is equally daunting.
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 17 October 2017--Unless inequality is urgently tackled and the poorest women empowered to make their own decisions about their lives, countries could face unrest and threats to peace and development, according the The State of World Population 2017, published today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
The State of World Population 2017
No. of pages : 136
Publication date : 17/10/2017
Author : United Nations Population Fund
The State of World Population 2017
Unchecked inequality, failure to protect the rights of poorest women could threaten unrest, undermine peace and world’s development goals, new UNFPA report warns
• Only about half of the world’s women hold paid jobs
• Globally, women earn 77 per cent of what men get
• Three in five women worldwide lack maternity leave, many pay “motherhood penalty”
Adolescent girls from our project on Empowering adolescent girls with information and skills being implemented by SNEHA
