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August 2023
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Saved by Sea Ambulance: Mothers in remote Philippines give birth safely with a new innovation
Climate change-fueled storms have devastated health infrastructure and left women and girls more at risk of maternal mortality in countries like the Philippines where access to services in remote areas has already been tenuous for decades. Innovations like a custom-made sea ambulance is changing this.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
Health and well-being
Climate Action
August 2023
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Georgia captures bioenergy in a (hazel)nut shell
Marina’s is one of sixteen households that were provided with firewood alternatives and renewable energy sources – biomass, energy-efficient stoves and solar panels by the United Nations Development Programme’s Global Environment Facility programme in Adjara. 
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Energy
Environment
Jobs and Livelihoods
August 2023
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Story
For Afghanistan's dreamers, the past two years have been too long
Since September 2021, the ban on girls' education has impacted 1.1 million girls and young women in the country. Somaya Faruqi, Global Champion for Education Cannot Wait- the UN's global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, reflects on the past two years.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
Youth Leadership
August 2023
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Reshaping masculinity in Mozambique: "When a girl says ‘no’, it is no."
A joint UN programme run in Nampula and Zambezia provinces of Mozambique is mentoring young people on issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as violence against women and girls.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
SDG 5: Gender Equality
August 2023
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UN Secretary-General's Message on International Youth Day
Every year, International Youth Day celebrates the determination, ideas and leadership of young people as we pursue a better world. Read Secretary-General Guterres' message marking the occasion.
2030 Agenda and the SDGs
Youth Leadership