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02 January 2025
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In Egypt, men and boys stand firm against female genital mutilation
UPPER EGYPT, Egypt – “People tell me we inherited this practice – that they’re doing it because their neighbours are doing it,” Georgi Wahba told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual…
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12 December 2024
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Women deliver babies on the road and under fire as catastrophe grips Sudan’s Aj Jazirah State
AJ JAZIRAH STATE, Sudan – This was Amina’s fifth delivery by Caesarean section, but the first performed on the floor of a stranger’s home. “I had to start walking again just six…
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09 December 2024
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A safe space to turn: Young women in Yemen support each other to counter digital gender-based violence
MARIB/TAIZZ, Yemen – At just 26 years old, Abeer has already lived through nearly a decade of war in Yemen. She fled her home in Dhamar in 2016, walking and hitchhiking for eight…
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03 December 2024
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Hope amid despair: A Gaza mother’s struggle to be with her baby
GAZA STRIP, Occupied Palestinian Territory – “My pregnancy during the war was very difficult,” 28-year-old Nadia* told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health…
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28 November 2024
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day (1 December)
The path to a world free of AIDS begins and ends with human rights. The right to knowledge that is accurate and unbiased. The right to be treated with dignity and respect. The…
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28 November 2024
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Heeding the voices of persons with disabilities for the benefit of all
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for Persons with Disabilities (3 December) Globally, nearly one in six people lives with a…
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26 November 2024
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What women and girls need most as climate disasters and displacement wreak havoc across the world
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Across dozens of countries, the global climate crisis is not impending – it has arrived. In 2023, climate disasters drove millions of the world’s most…
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26 November 2024
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Even as they flee crisis and disaster, women and girls have the right to safety and support
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November)
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10 November 2024
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Songs of Resilience
Since 2019, Nadia has called this sprawling refugee settlement home, her arrival coinciding with her husband's imprisonment. Residents of Athis camp are forced to contend with a…
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