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Investing in equality: How young women are innovating to improve their health, rights and lives
UNITED NATIONS, New York – “I lead a team of six amazing women, with specialties from pharmaceutical supply chains to software engineering and digital marketing – our journey so far in empowering young women to take…
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Mali conflict carries heavy toll for pregnant women amid rising insecurity
MOPTI REGION, Mali – “Many women come here to give birth as a last resort,” said Kadiatou Karembé, a midwife at the Sominé Dolo hospital in Sévaré in Mopti, in central Mali. “Sometimes they spend the night on the road…
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A travelling theatre in Guinea-Bissau sparks conversations and changes minds about gender-based violence
BIOMBO, Guinea-Bissau – “The piece on forced marriage touched my soul, because I am a victim of this harmful practice,” said Domingas* in Quinhamel, in the western Biombo region of Guinea-Bissau.
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Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives
MOGADISHU, Somalia – “I used to feel fear when it was night time,” mother-of-two Nurto Abdi Osman told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.
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Impossible choices in Gaza: “Women are giving birth prematurely because of terror”
Rafah, GAZA STRIP – “It was exhausting – we handled 78 cases in one night.” There are only five beds for deliveries at the Al-Helal Al-Emirati maternity hospital in Rafah, where midwife Samira Hosny Qeshta works.
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From recovery to resilience: Zeynab's story after the earthquakes in Northwest Syria
JANDARIS, Northwest Syria – “I was psychologically devastated, with nowhere to turn and no belongings,” said Zeynab Marai, a 45-year-old mother from Jandaris, in Northwest Syria. “My hopes were shattered.”
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“I feel more confident”: Empowering young people with disabilities with agency over their sexual and reproductive health in Mongolia
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – “I embrace these conversations as normal and healthy,” 18-year-old Adiya told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Adiya is one of thousands of adolescents in Mongolia…
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Champion of change: How a Tanzanian youth activist is rallying for gender equality in her community
MASANGA, United Republic of Tanzania – “If only we had a community free from gender-based violence, teenage pregnancy, child marriage and female genital mutilation, then all girls would be able to achieve their dreams…
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After surviving sexual violence, youth leader creates change for girls with disabilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
MATADI, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Ngoma* is deaf, so she didn’t hear the group of boys as they snuck up behind her on a road in her hometown of Matadi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.