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20 May 2019
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5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls
Girls and women who undergo FGM face a range of serious health risks – from potentially fatal bleeding to childbirth complications to long-term psychological problems.
17 May 2019
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Years into Syria's grinding conflict, refugees need support to rebuild their lives. © UNFPA Iraq
A long road to safety, healing for refugee mothers in Iraq
"I felt the world just stopped and the few minutes that passed felt like an eternity. I couldn’t feel my heart beating anymore and broke into heaving sobs."
14 May 2019
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Without visiting the mobile clinic, Ja Htoi's condition would have gone unnoticed. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
Safe pregnancies for displaced mothers as mobile clinics reach deep into Kachin camps
Anenatal checkups provided by mobile clinics are saving lives of mothers and babies among displaced people in Myanmar.
13 May 2019
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Today, Ms. Wen and Ms. Yan see eye-to-eye on the equality of women and girls. © Dushan Township Family Planning Office/Zhang Min
In China, women work to raise the status of girls
“Must a girl be of lesser value than a boy?" Wen Xiujuan asked, after having two daughters.
6 May 2019
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Eight months pregnant and mother of six, Nadia Muson and her family were within earshot of the armed conflict in their municipality of Datu Salibo, Maguindanao. © UNFPA Philippines/ Rochelle Yu
Reaching pregnant women at risk from conflict in Maguindanao, Philippines
Up to 1,400 pregnant women, 500 of whom are expected to deliver in the next three months, are among the displaced by the fighting.
3 May 2019
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It's not your mother's motherhood. © UNFPA/Bruno Feder
Just like your mother? Seven ways motherhood has changed (or not) in the last 25 years
In 1994, the world was transforming. Motherhood would never been quite the same.
3 May 2019
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Najiba works in one of the hardest-to-reach, poorest areas of Bamyan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
No mountain too high: Midwives protect women, save lives
Midwives serve in some of the most remote health posts in the world, saving the lives of women and babies in settings that are often harsh and resource-poor.
1 May 2019
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Bushra has launched the first ever women-run security firm in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
Meet the woman protecting women in Yemen
A survivor of child marriage now runs Yemen's first-ever security business for women.
30 April 2019
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Joint operation rescues hundreds from Cyclone Kenneth in Mozambique
Kenneth has affected more than 168,000 people in Mozambique, including 7,000 pregnant women at risk of unsafe childbirth.
29 April 2019
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Dr. Joha attends to a displaced woman at Al-Hol Camp. The needs were "overwhelmingly high," he said. © UNFPA Syria
Caught in the crossfire: Urgent needs in north-east Syria
"I have never seen before in my life what I saw in the camp,” Dr. Yasser Joha told UNFPA from Al-Hol, a camp in north-eastern Syria. "I took out around 160 pieces of shrapnel from the bodies of women and children."

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