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Services without stigma: Halting HIV’s spread in Lesotho through non-discriminatory care

MAPUTSOE, Lesotho – Since the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the rate of the virus’s spread has slowed significantly, with new infections down 59 per cent from 1995. But that hasn’t stopped it from newly infecting 1.3…

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“Psychological wounds will take time to heal”: Treating immense trauma in Derna in the aftermath of Storm Daniel

DERNA, Libya – “The hospital was overwhelmed with emergency cases and dead bodies,” said 29-year-old gynaecologist Dr. Nehal Anwar, who works at a maternity hospital in Derna, a port city on Libya’s northeast coast. “…

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Defying conflict and child marriage to champion girls’ education and rights in Ethiopia

BENISHANGUL-GUMUZ, Ethiopia – “I was very scared when I first entered the safe house. I was lonely and wouldn’t leave my room for a month,” said Ms. Alemtsehay*, now 18.

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Portable ultrasounds give pregnant women a ray of hope amid crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

NORTH KIVU PROVINCE, Democratic Republic of the Congo – “Most of the women here have never had an ultrasound scan in their lives – even though on average they’ve already given birth more than five times,” said Charmante…

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Rescued from the earthquake in Morocco, midwife Maria delivers babies and saves lives as catastrophe unfolds around her

MARRAKESH, Morocco – “Trapped under the debris, I thought I was going to die,” said Maria, a midwife in Talat N’Yaagoub in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains.

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Green shoots of hope spring from the depths of war in Yemen

AL HUDAYDAH, Yemen — “Giving up on school was the hardest part for me,” said Hiam. “I still feel deep sadness, but fate takes you down paths you don't want, so I learned to live, fight, and strive to reach my goals…

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Not your typical boys’ club: Mozambique’s school meetings engage students against gender-based violence

BEIRA, Mozambique – “Men think that women should be submissive towards them and accept everything … If a woman refuses to follow the man’s rules, she ends up being beaten.”

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Women in Guinea-Bissau speak out against female genital mutilation: “I’m lucky to be alive”

BURUNTUMA, Guinea-Bissau – “In all four of my deliveries I had a haemorrhage” said 39-year-old Djenabu Sano, reflecting on the consequences of female genital mutilation on the births of her children.

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Against the odds, Malawian girl overcomes child marriage, agonizing labour and obstetric fistula

NKHATA BAY, Malawi – Jacqueline was just 15 when she fell in love with a boy from another village. The two eloped, initiating a customary marriage rather than a formal one. But Jacqueline kept the relationship a secret…

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