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PopCom advocates UNFPA programs protecting teen rights

The latest State of the World Population (SWOP) report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), titled 'My Body Is My Own: Claiming the Right to Autonomy and Self-Determination,' highlights women's power to control their own bodies - and its link to the degree of control they have in other dimensions of their lives.

The document reports that millions of women and young girls are denied their right to say no to sex, agree to the choice of a partner in marriage or the right moment to have a child.