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Communication and understanding: The pillars supporting culturally sensitive maternal health care in Panama

Intercultural interpreter Eira Carrera helps the women of her indigenous Ngäbe community liaise with Spanish-speaking health-care providers at the José Domingo De Obaldía Maternal and Infant Hospital. ©UNFPA/Rebecca Zerzan

20 March 2024

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

09 August 2023

Global

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“Men will no longer do what they want with them”: Indigenous women in Brazil say enough to gender-based violence

Lutana Ribeiro is the only female chief of Parque das Tribos, an indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state. ©UNFPA Brazil/Isabela Martel

10 January 2023

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In Costa Rica, indigenous youth leaders are blazing a trail toward a better future for women and girls

In her daughter, Ms. Gallardo sees the future. © UNFPA Costa Rica/Gabriela Rodríguez

05 August 2022

Publications

Recommendations of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights & Gender-based Violence

Report on Progress and Challenges

Publication date: 26 Apr 2019

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA and Chirapaq

Resources

Executive Summary: Recommendations of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Regarding SRH&R and GBV

Resource date: 2019

Resources

Indigenous Women’s Maternal Health and Maternal Mortality

Resource date: Mar 2018

Author: UNPFA, UNICEF and UN Women

News

With bicycles, impoverished indigenous girls in Guatemala get a taste of freedom

Indigenous girls in northern Guatemala must often travel great distances to get to school, a factor that leads to high drop out rates. Bicycles help them stay in school. © UNFPA/Alejandro De León

25 April 2017

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Giving birth upright, with maté – Peru clinics open arms to indigenous women

This woman's second childbirth experience was totally different from her first, she says, because she was able to deliver in the traditional vertical position. © Panorama/Carlos Gomez

29 September 2016

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Putting human rights at the heart of reproductive health

A new mother attends a culturally sensitive counselling session at the Jose Domingo De Obaldia Hospital in David, Panama. © UNFPA/Guadalupe Valdes

17 April 2015

Communication and understanding: The pillars supporting culturally sensitive maternal health care in Panama

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