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Poverty Reduction
Least developed countries

Addressing our climate reality

The least developed countries demand a robust ‘rulebook’ to implement the Paris agreement and call for adequate support

Financing

Is microcredit a debt trap?

Intricate factors determine if microcredits are a success or failure

Human rights

Make contraceptives available

All people deserve to have a broad variety of family-planning options – including in rural Uganda

Youth

The fates of two teenage mothers

In Nigeria, many girls’ lives are ruined by early pregnancy

Sex education

Face the truth

Nigeria’s incidence of teenage pregnancies is unacceptably high

Contraception

Facts and figures on family planning

Young women, in particular, are unable to use contraceptives and plan their families as they wish

Education and contraception

Self-determined life for women

Societal norms and lack of equality stand in the way of modern family planning and contraception

Finances

Village banking changes lives

In Malawi, villagers set up their own saving funds

Editorial

Unfinished business

There needs to be societal change to prevent unwanted pregnancies and promote female equality

Health care

Investing in the world’s poorest children

According to UNICEF, supporting the world’s poorest children is twice as effective as supporting those who are less poor

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