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29 March 2019
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The ICPD marked a revolution in thinking about sexual and reproductive health and rights. © UN Photo
Explainer: What is the ICPD and why does it matter?
It marked a revolution in thinking about women's reproductive health and rights.
25 March 2019
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Women and girls are receiving dignity kits, which contain essential hygiene supplies as well as safety whistles. © UNFPA Mozambique/Vidal Mahundla
Catastrophic Cyclone Idai leaves pregnant women vulnerable in three countries
Tina Patissone was in the late stages of pregnancy when the flooding reached their home just before midnight.
21 March 2019
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Hatidza* (right) fled the threat of violence in their home country. She is receiving psychosocial support from a UNFPA-supported women's and girls' centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina. © UNFPA/Almir Budimlic
“We expect respect,” say migrants and refugees
"We still risk our lives,” said Hatidza*, a 26-year-old migrant transiting through Bosnia and Herzegovina.
19 March 2019
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After years of conflict, the population is seeing a cascade of health and human rights problems fall "like dominoes". © UNFPA Syria/Sufian Abdul-Mouty
Health, rights situation critical among women and girls in conflict-scarred Dara’a
After giving birth, a 13-year-old girl was placed in intensive care. Her newborn was admitted to the NICU.
18 March 2019
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Fatmata Sesay reenrolled in school after becoming pregnant at age 15. © UNFPA Sierra Leone/Salim Kamara
A guiding hand: School counsellors in Sierra Leone address early pregnancy, child marriage
In Sierra Leone, 28 per cent of adolescent girls between ages 15 and 19 are pregnant or already mothers, according to a 2013 survey . 
15 March 2019
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The path forward will not be easy, says Tadelech Ermias, who bravely refused to undergo FGM. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw
“We are working against all odds”: Despite progress, FGM and child marriage numbers cause alarm
“We’re needing to speed up,” said UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem at a high-level event.
11 March 2019
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Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA's Executive Director, met with community role models in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Kenya. © UNFPA
Leaders call for securing sexual and reproductive health and rights in Kenya’s largest slum
“When sleeping women awake, mountains move,” said Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA’s Executive Director, quoting a Kenyan proverb at an event in the sprawling Kibera informal settlement.
8 March 2019
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Farzana Akbari took a stand against virginity tests – invasive, discriminatory, unscientific exams – to protect women and girls. © UNFPA Afghanistan
A league of extraordinary women: Real life super heroes
Women are defying the odds to secure the rights of their friends, sisters and countrywomen.
28 February 2019
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“We have been traveling for a week without being able to sleep, take a shower or eat well. I get tired easily, and have vomiting and headaches," said Mariana, who is five months pregnant. © UNFPA Peru
Fear and exhaustion shadow Venezuelan women on the long trek to Peru
"We would sleep in the streets and wake up in the streets," a pregnant women told UNFPA.
27 February 2019
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In this Islamic study group, older women bring up questions that younger women are too embarrassed to raise. © UNFPA WCARO/Habibou Dia
Female Islamic preachers call for women’s rights, contraception in Niger
Caring for one's reproductive health and rights is "a duty for women."

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