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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…

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With coffee ceremony and midwives, mums get a happy start in rural Ethiopia

When Fikre Molla was preparing to have her baby, she wanted the childbirth traditions she had grown up with, but the safety of professional care in a proper health facility. Yet she lived in Ethiopia’s rural Amhara…

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Digital revolution comes to Viet Nam census

At the start of April, more than 122,000 people fanned out across Viet Nam, pursuing information about every single person in the country. They are enumerators for the country’s housing and population census – one of…

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Muslim minority women break barriers to embrace family planning in Nepal

Even though religious leaders have endorsed family planning, some men doubt that family planning is a woman’s right.

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Vast numbers of women lack decision-making power over their own bodies, says UNFPA flagship report

Across 51 countries, only 57 per cent of women who are married or in a relationship are able to make their own choices about sexual intercourse, contraception use and health care.

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Survivors of gender-based violence get a fresh start in Morocco

“I was forced to leave home with my baby in my hands," Khadija, 42, told UNFPA.

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Declaration affirms global support for reproductive health and rights

Countries re-affirmed global support for the ICPD Programme of Action, and called upon leaders and organizations around the world to accelerate efforts to achieve its goals 

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“Crossing the river” to a safe delivery in rural Cambodia

In the Khmer language, “crossing the river” is a way to describe childbirth, meaning a journey that should go smoothly but could just as easily go wrong. For Bora, "crossing the river" took a harrowing turn.

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Explainer: What is the ICPD and why does it matter?

It marked a revolution in thinking about women's reproductive health and rights.

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