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Violence knows no borders: Leaders, activists take on horrors of gender-based violence

Violence against women and girls is pervasive throughout the world. A rape kit in South Sudan. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka
  • 16 March 2018
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  • Mayon volcano eruption displaces pregnant women and new mothers in Philippines

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Mayon volcano eruption displaces pregnant women and new mothers in Philippines

Mount Mayon volcano erupted in January, affecting over 88,000 people. © OCHA/G. Arevalo
  • 22 February 2018
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  • Escaping violence, refugee mothers in Angola find relief in safe childbirth

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Escaping violence, refugee mothers in Angola find relief in safe childbirth

Yvonne Mboi gave birth to healthy twins after fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA/Tiril Skarstein
  • 21 February 2018
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  • Displaced by crisis, South Sudan midwifery students focus on saving mothers

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Displaced by crisis, South Sudan midwifery students focus on saving mothers

Nyomon Lilian attends to a mother and her newborn at the Juba Teaching Hospital. © UNFPA South Sudan
  • 09 February 2018
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Humanitarian Action 2018 Overview

Number of pages: 23

Publication date: 29 Jan 2018

Author: UNFPA

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  • New clinic brings reproductive health care to Syria’s underserved Al-Tabqa

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New clinic brings reproductive health care to Syria’s underserved Al-Tabqa

A staff member at the newly opened clinic attends to a newborn baby. Image from UNFPA Syria and Al Mawadda
  • 24 January 2018
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  • After Peru floods, women emerge as leaders, advocates

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After Peru floods, women emerge as leaders, advocates

Lily emerged as a leader after floods displaced thousands in and around Íllimo. © UNFPA Peru/Angela Valverde
  • 04 January 2018
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  • UNFPA delivers aid to previously unreached Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo

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UNFPA delivers aid to previously unreached Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo

UNFPA and Syrian Arab Red Cross arrived in Sheikh Maqsoud on 28 December, the first time a UN agency has entered the area with aid. © UNFPA Syria
  • 02 January 2018
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  • Empowering local first responders to reach refugee and migrant women

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Empowering local first responders to reach refugee and migrant women

Syrian refugee Tayma Abzali gave birth to her daughter, Helen, last September in Greece. Lynsey Addario for Time
  • 17 January 2018
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Two years into Greece’s migration crisis, a look at maternal health for refugees

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