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Displaced once more, pregnant refugees in Lebanon face gruelling return to Syria
HOMS GOVERNORATE, Syrian Arab Republic – Pregnant and post-partum refugees who fled Syria years ago are finding themselves displaced once more, this time by escalating violence in Lebanon. Many are experiencing fatigue…
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Solving the “mystery” of women’s bodies: How ignorance leads to ill health for women – and five things to do about it
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Two thousand years ago, doctors hypothesized that women’s reproductive organs were the same as men’s, only inside-out. Four hundred years ago, doctors speculated that the uterus might wander…
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One month after hostilities began, the newborns in Lebanon spending their first weeks displaced in an overcrowded school
BEIRUT, Lebanon – At just four days old, Ali is sheltering at the Lebanese University in Beirut. His mother, Hawraa, was heavily pregnant and preparing his nursery when she had to flee her home under an evacuation order…
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“We watched them die before our eyes”: Health workers in Sudan’s North Kordofan State describe dire conditions
Sudan
NORTH KORODFAN STATE, Sudan – “One of the most difficult experiences during the war involved a mother who delivered triplets, all of whom were premature and required intensive care,” said Dr. Hasan Babikir, in Sudan’s…
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Bushra’s journey from child bride to groundbreaking entrepreneur in Yemen
Yemen
SANA'A, Yemen – Bushra Ahmed Al-Burai is a mother of six and – in one of the world’s most restrictive countries for women’s rights - a gender equality champion and a successful entrepreneur.
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The school that became home, again: Nightmare returns for families fleeing violence in Lebanon
Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon – “Mariam just turned two a few days ago, but this is already her second displacement,” explained her mother Nadia*, who was sheltering with her family at Sin El Fil school in Lebanon’s capital Beirut.
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Survivors demand justice for digital gender-based violence
Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya – Around the world, legal systems are failing to deliver justice for women and girls who experience violence. And this is especially true when it comes to violence facilitated by technology, a phenomenon…
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Child marriages surge in Gaza as war tightens grip on girls’ futures
Palestine, State of
GAZA, The Occupied Palestinian Territory – “When my aunt asked for my hand in marriage for her son, my father agreed immediately,” said Amal*, from Khan Younis in southern Gaza. But the ceremony wasn’t a happy one – at…
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“I arrived with nothing but my life”: Women in South Sudan describe harrowing escape from violence
South Sudan
JONGLEI STATE, South Sudan – “I left at night, crawling to avoid the crossfire,” said Rachiel, a mother of seven from Baidit, in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. “It took me two days to reach safety – I arrived with nothing…
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From DMs to I dos: Five ways social media is reshaping child marriage
Nepal
UNITED NATIONS, New York – As the world goes digital, so does the ancient practice of child marriage.
Even as the Internet delivers knowledge about human rights directly to people’s screens, even as…
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Pregnant women and newborns suffer harshest fallout from attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine
Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine – “We had already started surgery – a Caesarean-section,” recalled Nataliia Heints, a senior doctor at the Kyiv Regional Perinatal Centre. “But at the beginning of the operation, the electricity went out.…
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Explainer – Survivors in the lead: How community resistance is key to ending female genital mutilation
UNITED NATIONS , New York – Female genital mutilation is known to be a violation of women’s and girls’ fundamental rights and to cause deep, lasting and often life-threatening physical and mental harm.
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