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9 November 2018
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Looming famine threatens the lives of 2 million pregnant women in Yemen
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen has become the worst in the world.
5 November 2018
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During conflict, the most intimate – and taboo – health needs of women and girls are often overlooked. Marie Anny, 13, is one of 7,000 women and girls of reproductive age in Angola's Lóvua refugee settlement. © UNFPA Angola
“I had no idea what was happening” – Menstrual health needs surge for refugees
Women and girls displaced by conflict face extraordinary hardships – not least of all, the effect of exile on their sexual and reproductive health needs.
30 October 2018
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Five things you didn’t know about disability and sexual violence
A global study from UNFPA reveals that girls and young women with disabilities face up to 10 times more gender-based violence than those without disabilities.
22 October 2018
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For girls escaping FGM in rural Tanzania, crowdsourced maps show the way to safety
Volunteers around the world pitch in to help protect girls at risk – linking grassroots and global action, and generating data that strengthens the push to end FGM.
16 October 2018
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Some 88,000 people have been displaced by the twin disasters in Indonesia's hardest-hit areas. Ibu Fariati and her family now share a tent with six other families. © UNFPA Indonesia/Stenly hely Sajow
Earthquake and tsunami devastating for 45,000 pregnant women in Indonesia
The twin disasters have killed more than 2,000 people and impacted some 1.5 million in the worst-hit areas, including roughly 352,000 women of reproductive age.
16 October 2018
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No country – regardless of income level or political system – has yet made reproductive rights a reality for all. © UNFPA/Egor Dubrovsky
Five actions for choice
The extent to which couples and individuals have real choices about whether and when to have children has a direct impact on global development, says The State of World Population 2018, UNFPA’s flagship report, released... Read more
9 October 2018
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Girls are saying no to FGM – and they need political champions
Unless change comes faster, by 2030 another 68 million girls will undergo female genital mutilation.
9 October 2018
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Girls and women in Syria’s Areesha camp have flocked to UNFPA-supported safe spaces for health and social services, including literacy courses. ©UNFPA Syria
In Syria, safe spaces for women and girls provide more than protection
“My father always wished that I would get an education. I wish he could see me now.”
5 October 2018
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A call to protect women and girls on the move
Gender inequality exacerbates the grave risks facing refugee and migrant women and girls.
2 October 2018
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Reaching pregnant women cut off from care in the aftermath of Typhoon Ompong
Over 1.7 million people in the Philippines have been affected by the typhoon, including an estimated 52,500 pregnant women.

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