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Pregnancy complications take one woman from island paradise to nightmare at sea

LAMU, Keyna – Aisha Tiro Bahero, 30, knows what it means to stare death in the face. Three years…

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Fifty years after a terrible childbirth injury, Kenyan woman gets a new lease on life

KILIFI, Kenya – Decades ago, Jumwa Kabibu Kai was pregnant with her second child in the small…

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The time is now: A call to end female genital mutilation, child marriage and son selection by 2030

UNITED NATIONS, New York – “When I was 12-years old, my family organized a ceremony to transition my sisters and…

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UNFPA and The Guardian present the first pan-African award for reporting on female genital mutilation

ABJUA, Nigeria – “My father forced me to get married to an older man almost his age. The old man gave him 20 cows. I…

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Kenyan support centre offers care, hope to refugees from South Sudan

KAKUMA, Kenya – Every once in a while, Joyce Dabor is jolted from sleep by memories of the day she…

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Religious leaders pledge to fight maternal mortality in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya – Cycling back to his church from the local health centre, Pastor James Ochiel…

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New Tool to Manage Gender-Based Violence Programmes in Emergencies

Gender-based violence (GBV) kills or disables as many women aged between 15 and 44 as cancer does. In nearly every…

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Encouraging Expectant Mothers in Dadaab to Take Advantage of Obstetric Care

This is one of a series of features UNFPA is producing about the life in the camps where hundreds of thousands of…

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One Mother Delivers Triplets in Safety: Others are Not So Lucky

This is one of a series of features UNFPA is producing about the life in the camps where hundreds of…

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Saving a Girl in Dadaab From More Suffering

DADAAB, Kenya -- Dr. Khisa Weston Wakasiaka, a fistula expert working with the…

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