UNFPA United Nations Population Fund [to 17 May 2014]
http://www.unfpa.org/public/
UNFPA News
16 May 2014 – Dispatch
Côte d’Ivoire rolls out campaign to reduce adolescent pregnancies
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire – Faced with alarming numbers of adolescent pregnancies,the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, with support from UNFPA, the United Nations Fund for Population, launched a national campaign to educate youth about sexual and reproductive health.

15 May 2014 – Dispatch
‘Lost Children’ Reveal Need to Support Families – and Women
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Gladys Kalibbala, a journalist in Uganda, knows what loss looks like. She has seen it hundreds of times, in the faces of children without homes and in the desperation of mothers searching for their children. Around the world, vulnerable families are fracturing under the strain of extreme poverty. Households headed by women, who receive fewer opportunities and less pay than men, are among the most vulnerable.

15 May 2014 – Statement
Statement on the International Day of Families
Twenty years ago, at the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, the world community recognized that families, in their various forms, should be strengthened and enjoy comprehensive protection and support. As we prepare a roadmap for development beyond 2015, it is particularly fitting that the theme of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family is “Families Matter for the Achievement of Development Goals”.

15 May 2014 – Press Release
30,000 South Sudanese Women at Risk of Dying in Childbirth, Warns UNFPA
UNITED NATIONS, New York–As the conflict in South Sudan continues to intensify, UNFPA, warns that an estimated 200,000 pregnant women will be in need of urgent care this year alone.

14 May 2014 – Dispatch
Tailoring Services to Nigeria’s Young People
ABUJA, Nigeria – Twenty-three per cent of Nigerian youth between ages 15 and 19 have already begun to have children, according to the country’s 2008 Demographic and Health Survey. But sexual and reproductive health information and services can empower adolescents to make informed choices about their bodies, health and futures.