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Youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services empower young mothers in Thailand

CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Nan*, 19, gave a soothing and warming massage to Aorn*, 21, on the floor of Khon Wai Sai, a local organization near Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand. Nan was practising a traditional abdominal…

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Taking care of business: Empowering women and girls in Uganda to pursue their dream careers

KAMPALA, Uganda – “In my village, people said women can't do the same jobs as men, but I want to prove it’s possible,” said 22-year-old Mary Lillian Amongin.

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Brick by brick: How one Syrian earthquake survivor rebuilt her life

ALEPPO, Syrian Arab Republic – “My suffering started with the crisis in Syria, then the economic situation got worse, and the last straw was the earthquake.” 

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Inclusive safe spaces give Yemeni women with disabilities a chance to be their own breadwinners

AL HUDAYDAH GOVERNORATE, Yemen – For much of her life in western Yemen, Nabila felt the odds were stacked against her. “I was born with a disability in one of my legs. When I was five months old, the wrong needle was…

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Cash assistance is a lifeline for survivors of gender-based violence in the Republic of Moldova

DROCHIA, Republic of Moldova – “Many survivors are financially dependent on their aggressors, and they want to break the vicious cycle to separate from [them],” explained Mariana Zaporojan, a case manager at a safe…

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Sexual violence stalks women and girls fleeing Sudan for South Sudan

MALAKAL, South Sudan – “My neighbour Rose* travelled with me to Renk, but her three daughters stayed behind in Khartoum. Later she learned they had been gang raped,” said Martha.*

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Argentina’s journalists speak out against online gender-based violence

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – “Afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted”: This old maxim followed by many journalists around the world has driven countless investigations into injustice and sparked discussions of…

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Leaving no one behind: The UNFPA-backed initiative using drones to connect people with care in Botswana

MAUN, Botswana – In the remote village of Mababe, Botswana, getting results from a straightforward blood test is no simple matter.

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“They have to fight”: People of African descent face deadly, systemic racism and sexism in health sectors across the Americas, UNFPA reports

TALAMANCA, Costa Rica/UNITED NATIONS, New York – “When I’m working in the gynaecology area and I see an Afrodescendent person, I feel concerned. Because I know that they wouldn’t come in unless they were feeling very…

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