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Childless No Longer: Addressing Infertility and Miscarriage in Jordan AMMAN, Jordan, 17 December 2007 — Six years ago Sana and her sister were wedded on the same day to two brothers. This in not an uncommon practice in Jordanian traditional societies, where weddings solidify family bonds and where women are also expected to bear and have children within the first year of marriage. |
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A House Divided: Domestic Violence in the Russian Federation NEW YORK/MOSCOW, 28 November 2007 — Tatiana remembers her wedding day as the happiest day of her life. Her groom Vladimir was handsome, courtly and, unlike so many of the men she had dated, courteous and faithful. When he lifted her chin to kiss her lips, she recalls feeling a sense of ‘coming home’. |
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Family Tension in Tajikistan Fuels Scourge of Self-immolation |
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OPEC Fund and UNFPA Train Thousands of Central American and Caribbean Youth in HIV Prevention BELIZE CITY, Belize, 26 June 2007 —Thousands of young people - nearly 60,000 in Honduras and Guatemala alone - have learned how to protect themselves from HIV, thanks to an initiative supported by the OPEC Fund for International Development and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. |
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In the Slums of Cairo, Home is a Roof Over Your Head CAIRO, Egypt, 1 June 2007 — Feryal El Sayed has called a tiny square room and a tinier cubicle containing a kitchen and a bathroom ‘home’ for the past 15 years. The main room is barely large enough for a bed and two seats. Photos of her late husband, her three sons and their children frame a mirror hanging on one of the flimsy blue walls, alongside a medicine cabinet and a photo of a sunset – plucked from an old calendar of indeterminate vintage. |
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Lebanon Launches Website For Teens 26, March, BEIRUT - The Lebanon UNFPA Country Office is pleased to announce the launch of the Lebanon Teen website, which was developed through a participatory process involving specialists, community groups and government officials, and tested by young people themselves. |
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It Takes a Country: Turkey's Concerted Efforts to Stop Violence Against Women This Special Report on addressing gender-based violence in Turkey includes "The Private Sector Joins Turkey's Campaign to End Violence Against Women", "Turkey’s Concerted Efforts to Stop Violence Against Women", "Turkey Confronts Murder in the Name of 'Honour'", and "The Turkish State Choir Lends it Voice to the Anti-Violence Campaign" |
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The Private Sector Joins Turkey's Campaign to End Violence Against Women 26 February, INSTANBUL, Turkey - The first thing a visitor notices when entering the spacious lobby of Turkey’s largest daily newspaper, Hürriyet, is a life-size poster of a battered woman staring out with vacant eyes under the words: “Speak out! This shame is not yours.” |
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Y-PEER: Building the Human Infrastructure for Social Change NEW YORK - On three separate time lines taped to the walls of a conference centre in upstate New York, members of the Global Advisory Panel of Y-PEER wrote down events that had shaped their own lives, the world and the course of the HIV epidemic over the last quarter century. |
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Tbilisi Cancer Centre: Promoting Early Detection and Treatment of Breast and Cervical Cancers in Georgia NEW YORK - On three separate time lines taped to the walls of a conference centre in upstate New York, members of the Global Advisory Panel of Y-PEER wrote down events that had shaped their own lives, the world and the course of the HIV epidemic over the last quarter century. |
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Domestic Violence in Moldova: Ending the Silence and Supporting Survivors CHISINAU, Moldova, 11 October 2006 - "I endured nine years of consistent physical and emotional abuse at the hands of my husband," says Angela. "I said nothing about it because I knew my circle of friends would not support me at all. Here in Moldova, it's always the woman's fault when marriages turn sour. We have strong stereotypes in this country, especially about women's roles and functions." |
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On the Silk Road: Improving the Health and Welfare of Young People in Uzbekistan KHIVA, Uzbekistan, 02 October 2006 - True to its rich heritage, Khiva embraces old traditions while advancing new ideas. Like the country as a whole, the city is in transition between a planned economy and a market-oriented one, and between old and new ways of thinking about the challenges it now confronts. One of the urgent challenges is how to provide for the health and well-being of its young people. |
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UNFPA Opens Fistula Centre in Western Darfur, Sudan WESTERN DARFUR, Sudan, 21 August 2006 - The region's first comprehensive Fistula Centre has opened in the town of Zalingei, Western Darfur, with assistance from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. Attached to the main reference hospital, the new Fistula Centre offers a 16-bed repair facility complete with a private consultation room, pre- and post-operative wards, and a separate rehabilitation and reintegration unit. |
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Y-PEER: Empowering Young People to Empower Each Other UNITED NATIONS, New York, 25 May 2006 - Her friends call her Natalia, but it’s not her real name. This 20-year-old blonde from St. Petersburg tested positive for HIV a year ago. Natalia claims her stepfather forced her to have sex with him. "I was only 15 at the time and knew nothing of men or my own body," she says with resignation. |
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