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16 August 2019
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Police Officer Chrestine Espinorio, Dr. Nadhira Abdulcarim and social worker Umme Limbona work together to support survivors of violence at a hospital-based crisis centre. © UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor
All-women team provides life-saving humanitarian support in Marawi
Umme Limbona remembers when she had to leap from a third-story window – onto a neighbouring terrace – to escape a siege. It would not be her last act of heroism.
12 August 2019
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When supported and empowered, young people can change the world. “I want to help Uganda,” says Edith Nambalirwa, a peer educator. “If I cannot do it with money, let me do it with knowledge.” © UNFPA ESARO/Corrie Butler
Helping young people take charge of their bodies, their lives, our world
There are 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24. Listen to their voices.
2 August 2019
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Trik Dulene (sitting) with friends in the Kologe II displacement camp. She teaches women about family planning. © UNFPA Ethiopia
Displaced women in eastern Ethiopia stand up to pressure, stigma over family planning
Trik Dulene knows all about bullying and coercion when it comes to a woman’s reproductive choices. 
29 July 2019
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To achieve zero preventable maternal deaths in 76 high-burden countries, annual spending would need to rise to $7.8 billion by 2030. © UNFPA Jordan
Want to end preventable maternal deaths? Spend (at least) six times more by 2030
A new costing exercise calls for dramatic increases in spending on maternal health, family planning and to end harmful practices.
24 July 2019
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Women UN leaders meet with female leaders and advocates in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women's voices must be heard, they emphasized. © Fardin Waezi / UNAMA
Women belong at the centre of peace efforts, women UN leaders urge in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan/UNITED NATIONS, New York – UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem joined a high-level delegation of women UN leaders on an intensive two-day “solidarity mission” to Afghanistan to highlight the... Read more
18 July 2019
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Ms. Chuor (centre) waits for an antenatal visit at the Aweil State Hospital. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
Mother with disability hopes for better life with family planning
Arek Chuor, 32, expects to deliver her seventh child in September. It will be her last, she insists. A childhood polio infection has left her with impaired mobility, including a permanent limp. The challenges are only... Read more
15 July 2019
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Venezuelan migrants on the Colombian border. © /Tomer Urwicz
Venezuelan volunteers provide humanitarian relief to migrants, refugees
Empowered former migrants and refugees are the new humanitarian responders to Venezuela's emergency.
10 July 2019
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Twenty-five years ago, 179 governments adopted a visionary Programme of Action that aimed to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls and to promote their empowerment. © UNFPA Morocco
Twenty-five years ago, leaders promised to advance women’s health and rights. Have they delivered?
The Programme of Action set out to change the world for women and girls. Here is a status report.
8 July 2019
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Ms. Akongo prepares to graduate. Neither tragedy nor age could deter her from pursuing her dreams. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
A graduate at 47, new midwife triumphs over life’s trials
At age 47, Angelina Akongo was the oldest of 73 midwifery and nursing students from Juba and Kajo Keji to graduate this year – and she feels like a brand new person. “I am a better person now,” she said.
3 July 2019
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Fadia was the first baby born in the UNFPA-supported hospitainer facility in Al-Hol Camp in northern Syria. © UNFPA Syria
After days on the run, pregnant Syrian woman finds safe haven and safe delivery
“I have no home. I have lost everything. And now I have to give birth to my baby in a camp,” Khadeeja told UNFPA.

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