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11 July 2016
Mother and Child say NO to child marriage in Zaatari
Saba’s smile can brighten a whole room, or the caravan that she shares with her family in Zaatari camp for refugees in Jordan. The 16 year old dynamic Syrian young woman lives in…
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11 July 2016
News
Taking a stand against early marriage - The story of Raneem
Raneem Abras moved with her family from Aleppo in Syria to the Chouf mountains in Lebanon three years ago, to escape the conflict raging in her hometown. The eldest of five,…
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11 July 2016
News
Adolescent girls are a nation’s assets… or a missed opportunity!
On a recent visit to a refugee community in Lebanon, a young mother told me how distressed she was because three of her five children could not attend formal schooling. I looked…
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11 July 2016
Changing the perspective: Fighting to end female genital mutilation in Upper Egypt - The story of Hoda
Behind the quiet appearance of Hoda Hamed, there is a very strong 37-year-old woman who works at the Egyptian Red Crescent society as a kindergarten teacher in her hometown in…
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11 July 2016
Statement
Investing in teenage girls for a more just, stable and peaceful world
Statement of United Nations Under-Secretary-General and United Nations Population Fund Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin on the occasion of World Population Day 2016
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20 June 2016
Press Release
UNFPA upscaling its humanitarian response to meet the needs of women and girls fleeing Falujah, Central Iraq
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has stepped up its humanitarian activities in Iraq in order to respond to the rapid influx of Iraqis fleeing Fallujah and its…
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06 June 2016
Supporting 5,000 returning families to relieve the impact of crisis: UNFPA provides reproductive health and gender based violence response to women and girls in one of the biggest sub-district in Iraq, Sununi
The United Nations Population Fund has successfully initiated its Reproductive health services as well as its Gender Based Violence response services to support more than 5,000…
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29 May 2016
UNFPA Provides Rapid Response to Internally Displaced Women in Central Iraq
Amid the ongoing military operations by Iraq Security Forces (ISF) to retake Fallujah city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that began on 22 May, more than 260…
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24 May 2016
Supporting women in crisis: Syrian refugees find services and hope in Turkey's safe spaces
For over three years after conflict broke out in their provence, 28-year-old Fatma Fayiz Dawi and her family remained determined to stay in their home in Syria, despite the…
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