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25 May 2021
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UNFPA supports Ghada to recover from Fistula and resume normal life
I would like to share with you my suffering with obstetric fistula. I got married at the age of 15, Shortly after marriage, symptoms of pregnancy began to appear. We live in a…
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23 May 2021
News
Despite stigma and rejection ,Fistula survivors find a new hope
Khetam begins by saying, "I do not think that there is a woman who has suffered from a fistula as I did." Khetam got a fistula when she was only 16 years old. Months after her…
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23 May 2021
News
Survived a 50-year battle with fistula
“I had no idea that my situation was redeemable,” says Ashikiro Guure Cali who recovered from obstetric fistula, after 50 years of endless suffering. She lived with one of the…
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14 May 2021
Press Release
UNFPA calls all parties to ensure the full protection of women and adolescent girls
Cairo, 13 May 2021 - The United Nations Population Fund is alarmed by the number of civilian casualties, including children and women caused by the current escalation between the…
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05 May 2021
Press Release
New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 May 2021 -- Millions of lives of women and newborns are lost, and millions more experience ill health or injury, because the needs of pregnant women…
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05 May 2021
Statement
Trust the evidence: invest in midwives
Every day in every part of the world, midwives save the lives of women and babies and promote the health and well-being of entire communities.They deserve our respect and…
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05 May 2021
News
Global shortage of 900,000 midwives threatens women’s lives and health, new report shows
ERBIL, Iraq/UNITED NATIONS, New York – “A 35-year old pregnant woman came to our clinic with abdominal pain,” recalled Hawrin Yousif, a 27-year-old midwife in the Khazir…
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29 April 2021
Statement
Statement on UK government funding cuts
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, has been informed that the Government of the United Kingdom intends to implement an approximate 85% cut to UNFPA…
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21 April 2021
Press Release
Nearly half of all women are denied their bodily autonomy, says new UNFPA report, My Body is My Own
Egypt, 21 April 2021 - Nearly half of women in 57 developing countries are denied the right to seek health care services, including sexual and reproductive health and family…
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