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“I don't want to be surprised by another pregnancy”: Contraceptive options offer young people in Côte d’Ivoire a fairer future.

Stories & Blogs UNFPASep 23, 2025(News )

Family planning can help women to space out their pregnancies and avoid becoming pregnant without intending to – especially when they are still children.

People-centered AI in education: Five lessons from the Global South.

Stories & Blogs World BankAug 28, 2025(Blog )

In just six weeks, secondary school students in Edo, Nigeria participating in an after-school program combining AI tutoring with teacher guidance, achieved learning gains of 0.31 standard deviations, equivalent to roughly 1.5–2 years of typical schooling.

From Poetry to Policy: RC Mohamed Fall and Maryam Bukar-Hassan on Culture, Youth, and Peace

Stories & Blogs UNSDGAug 12, 2025(Story )

In Nigeria, youth are in the driver’s seat when it comes to sustainable development and peace.

The scars of gender-based violence run deep in South Sudan – but so does the will to heal

Stories & Blogs UNFPAAug 06, 2025(News )

In South Sudan, women and girls face the overlapping dangers of prolonged conflict, cattle raiding, displacement from climate shocks and harmful patriarchal traditions.

A chance to breathe: How life-saving incubators are transforming newborn care in Somalia

Stories & Blogs UNFPAJul 22, 2025(News )

Despite maternal death rates dropping by 50 per cent over the past twenty years in Somalia, too many pregnant women struggle to access essential health services.

World Bank Group Strengthens Procurement Requirements to Support Job Creation, Skills Development.

Stories & Blogs World BankJul 18, 2025(Press Release )

The World Bank is strengthening its procurement requirements to help address the jobs challenge in developing countries.

Digital technology is unlocking financial inclusion

Stories & Blogs World BankJul 17, 2025(Blog )

Mobile phones and the internet are revolutionizing financial inclusion, enabling more people to access and use digital financial services to manage their financial lives.

Mobile-Phone Technology Powers Saving Surge in Developing Economies.

Stories & Blogs World BankJul 15, 2025(Press release )

Number of Adults Using Accounts to Save Rises at Fastest Clip in a Decade.

Kenya’s Digital Leap for a Fairer Future.

Stories & Blogs UNSDGJun 25, 2025(Story )

Kenya is quickly emerging as one of Africa’s digital frontrunners, with technology driving innovation, service delivery, and economic growth across the country.

From tradition to transformation: Ending female genital mutilation in Guinea-Bissau

Stories & Blogs UNFPAJun 25, 2025(Story )

In the West African country of Guinea-Bissau, more than 400,000 girls and women have undergone genital mutilation.