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“I must continue fighting to keep her in school”: Following the Ruta de los Sueños bus to prevent teen pregnancy across Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – “I want to be a doctor.” “I want to be an engineer.” “I want to be an artist.” These are just a few of more than 5,000 dreams that teenagers have shared on the Ruta de los Sueños bus.

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“I have my life back”: How one mother in Senegal is thriving after obstetric fistula

TAMBACOUNDA, Senegal – “After giving birth, I developed a fistula and my life was turned upside down,” said Khady* at her home in the village of Koumpentoum, deep in Senegal’s southern Tambacounda region.

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Heroes in pink: Lao midwives supporting rights and saving lives

XIENG KHOUANG PROVINCE, Lao People’s Democratic Republic – “I can’t wait to graduate and become a practising midwife. I am passionate about deliveries and I love babies a lot,” said 20-year-old midwifery student Aspy…

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One year on, Joint Innovation Challenge winners keep up the fight against gender-based violence

UNITED NATIONS, New York – Ending gender-based violence will take commitment, compassion and, as demonstrated by the winners of the 2022 Joint Innovation Challenge, resourcefulness and creativity too.

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Supporting survivors of sexual assault in Ethiopia, and working to stop violence before it starts

BULE HORA CITY, Ethiopia – Ayantu* was 14 when she was betrayed by someone society had taught her to trust.

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A glimmer of hope for women and girls as a sexual and reproductive health clinic reopens in Sudan’s West Darfur State

WEST DARFUR STATE, Sudan – “I came to the health centre after the fighting calmed down, but I found it destroyed – there were no beds left, no equipment, no supplies,” recalled Hiba*, a doctor in the city of El Geneina…

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“It's about our health and our future”: Ensuring sexual and reproductive health support in northern Mozambique

NIASSA PROVINCE, Mozambique – Early in the morning, queues begin to form outside the Lichinga health centre in Mozambique’s northwest Niassa province, as staff prepare to treat patients.

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Indigenous men advocate gender equality to benefit women – and men too

COMARCA NGABE BUGLE, Panama – Gender inequality is pervasive everywhere. Globally, 9 in 10 people around the world, both women and men, continue to harbour gender biases, according to a recent United Nations report.…

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Tackling the hidden mental health crisis in Yemen

IBB GOVERNORATE, Yemen – “I wanted to be a midwife – midwives are respected. I thought being a midwife would give me the freedom to help and guide other women to have fulfilling lives,” Kholoud told UNFPA, the United…

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