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10 February 2025
Statement
Strengthening alliances and building movements to end female genital mutilation
Joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion…
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09 February 2025
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The Silent scars: Breaking the chains of FGM in Yemen
"I saw my delicate newborn baby, just days old, slowly dying before my eyes due to a brutal circumcision," Um Hanin recounts, her voice heavy with grief. "I do not want any mother…
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06 February 2025
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“The new generation is different”: In Djibouti, survivors and allies lobby to end female genital mutilation
DJIBOUTI/TADJOURAH REGIONS, Djibouti – “I still see the knife, and the lady who held me down,” said Hawa’a Mohamed Kamil. Now 30, she was subjected to female genital mutilation at…
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26 January 2025
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Surviving Gaza: The silent struggles of adolescent girls
GAZA STRIP, Occupied Palestinian Territory – “Our whole life became a tragedy,” said 15-year-old Mariam* after 15 months of war in Gaza. “The lack of medicine, poor food,…
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19 January 2025
News
Underfunded and overlooked: The neglected crises on UNFPA’s radar in 2025
UNITED NATIONS, New York – As the world heads into a new year, humanitarian emergencies in multiple countries are vying for attention – and funds. In 2024, UNFPA’s humanitarian…
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16 January 2025
Statement
Statement by the Executive Director on the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza
UNFPA welcomes the announcement today of a deal to secure a ceasefire in Gaza. This is a vitally important breakthrough for the women, girls and their families in Gaza who have…
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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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