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19 April 2018
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Thousands of women in Piura remain affected by the floods. © UNFPA Peru/Angela Valverde
One year later, flood-affected women in Peru struggle for protection and reproductive health care
Protection and reproductive health needs are still acute among flood-affected women and girls.
16 April 2018
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Young actors perform a scene from "Ruža," an interactive play about the harms of child marriage. Photo by Almir Panjeta for UNICEF/UNFPA BiH
Drama helps battle child marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On the surface, child marriage seems to affect few girls, but dig a little deeper, and a pattern emerges among the most marginalized.
11 April 2018
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Sport improves confidence and builds community, say youth leaders.© UNFPA Iraq
Sport offers gateway to reproductive health, human rights, peace
Sport helps draw vulnerable youth to programmes where they can receive critical information and services.
10 April 2018
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Out's pregnancy is assessed by a midwife during an antenatal home visit. © UNFPA/Ruth Carr
Rural midwives help save mothers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Rural midwives are working to end preventable maternal deaths.
9 April 2018
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The needs of migrant women and girls are falling through the cracks. Izdihar, a Syrian refugee in Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan/Sima Diab
Five reasons migration is a feminist issue
The needs of women and girls are falling through the cracks.
6 April 2018
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Lena Towai with her newborn son. They have been living at a displacement camp in East Pokot County since August 2017. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo
Delivering into chaos: Gunfire, arson and childbirth in rural Kenya
Under armed attack, Lena Towai fled into the wilderness and gave birth in the dark – assisted only by a neighbour with a gunshot wound.
4 April 2018
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MP Hadjira Oumouri attends the Comorian marathon on International Women’s Day. Her shirt says, "I am more than a mother. I am also a woman with ambition." © UNFPA Comoros/Nasser Youssouf
From midwife to MP - Advancing the rights of women in the Comoros
A midwife has become the only female Member of Parliament in the Comoros. She brings the fight for gender equality with her.
28 March 2018
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“What I have had to go through, it has been terrible," said Antone, 50. Her husband and children were killed as they fled Kasai. © UNFPA Angola/Tiril Skarstein
“The world needs to open their eyes”: Kasai survivors call for attention to crisis
“When they entered the village, they started to kill everybody, without exception,” Antone, a 50-year-old refugee, told UNFPA.
27 March 2018
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Zainab Binta Jalloh was married off at age 15. Today, she is outspoken about her experience and the need for change. Image courtesy of Zainab.
Escaping child marriage in Sierra Leone
"According to our tradition, a girl should get married when she reaches puberty," said Zainab Binta Jalloh.
26 March 2018
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Haneen volunteers at a UNFPA-supported women's centre in Debaga camp. © UNFPA Iraq
Women's centre in Iraq helps women "knit" their lives back together
Three years ago, conflict forced Haneen Ali* to flee her home in Mosul, in northern Iraq. With her parents, she hiked through minefields before finding safety in the Debaga camp. “The journey was long and tiring,” said... Read more

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