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26 February 2024
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Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives
MOGADISHU, Somalia – “I used to feel fear when it was night time,” mother-of-two Nurto Abdi Osman told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Ms.Osman…
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23 February 2024
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Impossible choices in Gaza: “Women are giving birth prematurely because of terror”
Rafah, GAZA STRIP – “It was exhausting – we handled 78 cases in one night.” There are only five beds for deliveries at the Al-Helal Al-Emirati maternity hospital in Rafah, where…
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21 February 2024
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Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee - Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 21 February 2024 – In the less than five months that followed the brutal 7 October attacks and the ensuing escalation, tens of thousands of Palestinians –…
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20 February 2024
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Grief and fear mount in Rafah as people are trapped with nowhere safe to go
Some 1.5 million people - including tens of thousands of pregnant women, new mothers and newborns - are now crammed into Rafah. With bombs falling and just a tickle of aid, a…
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15 February 2024
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Yemen's camel ambulances
After nine years of war and lack of funding, women's options for safe birth are limited and dangerous in Yemen. Read how UNFPA programs help save the lives of women and newborns.
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11 February 2024
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Breaking Barriers: UNFPA and Startups without Borders support women and girls in science and technology with GenF Mentorship Programme
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are shining a spotlight on the efforts of UNFPA Arab States Regional Office and Startups Without Borders, who are joining…
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06 February 2024
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Putting survivors at the forefront of the global movement to end female genital mutilation
NEW YORK, 6 February 2024 – “Today, on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, we reaffirm our dedication to the girls and women who have been…
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05 February 2024
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Breaking the cycle for survivors: UNFPA offers counselling and support to abandon female genital mutilation in Yemen
Around the world, an estimated 200 million women and girls have been subjected to some form of female genital mutilation, a human rights violation that involves the removal of or…
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23 January 2024
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A glimmer of hope for women and girls as a sexual and reproductive health clinic reopens in Sudan’s West Darfur State
WEST DARFUR STATE, Sudan – “I came to the health centre after the fighting calmed down, but I found it destroyed – there were no beds left, no equipment, no supplies,” recalled…
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