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04/12/2014

In Nepal, two in five girls aged 20-24 are married before their 18th birthday even though child marriage is against the law. Campaigns against patriarchal social norms and practices are starting to have an impact, but the change is coming too slowly and too late for many.

11/12/2014

A performance by members of Dance4Life during International Youth Day celebrations organized by the Ministry of Health and Population in collaboration with the Country Office of United Nations Population Fund in Nepal (UNFPA Nepal) and CDPS/Tribhuvan University. UNFPA Nepal partnered with government and non-government agencies to celebrate the Day in Nepal with the theme — "Investing in Young People".

 
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02/01/2015

बालविवाह रोकथाम गर्न खटिरहनुभएका किशोरीकिशोरीहरु के भन्नुहुन्छ ? नेपालमा बालविवाह एउटा समस्याको रूपमा रहेको छ । नेपाल जनसाङ्ख्यिक स्वास्थ्य सर्वेक्षण २०६८ का अनुसार ४० प्रतिशत अर्थात् १३ लाख किशोरी १९ वर्ष नपुग्दै विवाह हुने गरेको छ भने तीमध्ये करिब साढे ५ लाख किशोरीहरु त १९ वर्ष अगावै आमा बन्ने गरेका छन्। 
In this video, the adolescent girls explain how they are fighting against child marriage in their communities, what they think about this harmful practices and why it is the bane of society

24/02/2015

Lawmakerspeak on why population matters

07/07/2015

The District Health Offices and UNFPA are mobilizing Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) to ensure that reproductive health services reach the women and girls affected by the earthquake. 
In this video, FCHV Apsara Nepali sheds lights on the problems faced by pregnant women after the devastating earthquake struck Nepal on April 25. She says the services offered in reproductive health camps were much needed.
Providing reproductive health services to the women of reproductive age including pregnant, new mothers and adolescent girls, is one of the responses of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, to the earthquake. UNFPA is organizing reproductive health (RH) camps through its local partners in coordination with the Government of Nepal in the most-affected districts

07/07/2015

On 25 April 2015 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal. The earthquake affected people in 39 of Nepal’s 75 districts. Overall, some 8 million people were affected by the earthquake, including two million women of reproductive age.
Experience from previous emergencies, including flood responses in Nepal, tell us that pregnancy-related deaths and gender-based violence increase under these circumstances. 
In this video, a lactating mother shares the problems she faced and how reproductive health camps benefit new mothers. It also shows the overall responses of UNFPA to the earthquake.

07/07/2015

One of UNFPA Nepal's holistic approaches to reach the unreached pregnant women, lactating mothers and women of reproductive age, affected by the devastating earthquake on April 25, and help them regain their dignity is the Dignity First campaign. UNFPA is putting their dignity first.
When a woman is alone in a relief camp and has lost her family to the earthquake, supplies alone can't see her through the night. 
विपदमा पर्दा जहिले, महिलाको मर्यादा पहिले
#DignityFirst

07/07/2015

One of UNFPA Nepal's holistic approaches to reach the unreached pregnant women, lactating mothers and women of reproductive age, affected by the devastating earthquake on April 25, and help them regain their dignity is the Dignity First campaign. UNFPA is putting their dignity first.
When a woman is alone in a relief camp and has lost her family to the earthquake, supplies alone can't see her through the night. 
विपदमा पर्दा जहिले, महिलाको मर्यादा पहिले
#DignityFirst

07/07/2015

One of UNFPA Nepal's holistic approaches to reach the unreached pregnant women, lactating mothers and women of reproductive age, affected by the devastating earthquake on April 25, and help them regain their dignity is the Dignity First campaign. UNFPA is putting their dignity first.
When a woman is alone in a relief camp and has lost her family to the earthquake, supplies alone can't see her through the night. 
विपदमा पर्दा जहिले, महिलाको मर्यादा पहिले
#DignityFirst

08/07/2015

After the earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, UNFPA has been responding to the disaster in the most-affected districts by: 
- improving access and use of comprehensive reproductive health services, 
- distributing dignity kits to women and girls 
- preventing and responding to gender-based violence and 
- engaging young people for a stronger Nepal.

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