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16 March 2022
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Changes comes from within - Celebrating women’s strengths and resilience
The United Nations Populations Funds celebrate a group of women who suffered a variety of gender-based violence and harmful practices. But they gathered all their strengths and…
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15 March 2022
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Women and girls continue to pay a heavy price in Yemen as the conflict slips further from global view
United Nations, New York, 15 March 2022 – Seven devastating years of fighting have left 23.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen, a country that is…
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08 March 2022
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International Women’s Day
The world is in crisis. In Yemen, a woman dies every two hours in childbirth for lack of obstetric care, and more than one million pregnant and breastfeeding women are acutely…
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08 March 2022
Statement
Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day
More than 1.7 million people, mostly women and children, have now fled from their homes in Ukraine to neighbouring countries. For them, displacement will bring increased…
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17 February 2022
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In her words: A child bride from Yemen forced to grow up too fast
Ibtisam* is a 16-year-old girl living in Yemen who shared her story of marrying at 14. Of the 4 million girls married before the age of 18 in Yemen, 1.4 million were married…
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10 February 2022
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In Somalia, 100 mothers pledge not to subject daughters to female genital mutilation
MOGADISHU, Somalia – When Halima* was eight, she underwent female genital mutilation under the blade of her mother, a traditional birth attendant (TBA). “The procedure was painful…
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07 February 2022
Press Release
UNFPA and UNICEF call for a region free of Female Genital Mutilation
AMMAN/CAIRO, 7 February 2022- “Today marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The theme of this year is ‘Accelerating Investment to end…
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06 February 2022
Statement
A crisis within a crisis: Increased investment critical to end female genital mutilation as COVID-19 rages on
Joint Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital…
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01 February 2022
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For gender-based violence survivors in Palestine, a little assistance goes a long way
WEST BANK, Palestine – After receiving psychosocial and well-being services at the UNFPA-supported Women and Girls Safe Space for gender-based violence survivors in Nablus, women…
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