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De partera a parlamentaria, promover los derechos de las mujeres en las Comoras
la Unión de las Comoras
Una partera se convierte en la única mujer parlamentaria del país. Ella está luchando por la igualdad de género.
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“The world needs to open their eyes”: Kasai survivors call for attention to crisis
la República de Angola, la República Democrática del Congo
“There was a lot of violence. Armed men abused and killed young girls, even while they were fleeing,” said Felikanko, 44. She was one of more than a million people who escaped the outbreak of conflict in the Democratic...
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Escaping child marriage in Sierra Leone
la República de Sierra Leona
"According to our tradition, a girl should get married when she reaches puberty," said Zainab Binta Jalloh, a 23-year-old from Sierra Leone’s Koinadugu District. She would know – she was married when she was...
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Women's centre in Iraq helps women "knit" their lives back together
la República del Iraq
Haneen Ali* was 22 years old when conflict forced her family to flee their home in Mosul, in northern Iraq. With her parents, she hiked through minefields before finding safety in the Debaga camp.
“The...
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In the Philippines, information key to halting teenage pregnancy
la República de Filipinas
“I was shocked when I found out I was pregnant,” said Gina*, now 19. At the time, she was a third-year high school student in Iloilo, a central province of the Philippines, and already six months into the pregnancy.
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Health workers can treat, empower survivors of gender-based violence
la República del Iraq, la República Árabe Siria
“I was sold more than once,” Resalah* told UNFPA . A member of the Yazidi minority, she was abducted by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS or Da’esh), traded as property and subjected to...
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Perilous conditions for pregnant women displaced in northern Syria
la República Árabe Siria
A surge in violence in Syria’s northern Afrin region has triggered a mass displacement of the civilian population, with an estimated 98,000 people fleeing as the hostilities approached Afrin City. The humanitarian...
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Violence knows no borders: Leaders, activists take on horrors of gender-based violence
Leaders and youth advocates gathered in New York on Tuesday to discuss how to work together to end violence against women and girls, the most prevalent human rights violation in the world. The event, Violence Knows No...
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New generation of women saying: “Not yet”
la República de la Unión de Myanmar
Kyae Nai, 23, has been married for two years and has one young child, in north-western Myanmar. “I want another child,” she said. “But not yet.”
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In Indonesia, family support groups tackle roots of gender violence
la República de Indonesia
JAYAPURA, Indonesia – “My daughter used to hide all sorts of things from me,” said Martina, 41, at a support group session in Jayapura, in the far-eastern Indonesian province of West Papua. “But here, we learn to talk...
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Courageous girls change attitudes about FGM in Ethiopia
la República Democrática Federal de Etiopía
Genet Girma, 31, was a trailblazer in her community. Fifteen years ago, she ran away from home when she learned that her mother planned to have her undergo female genital mutilation (FGM). As in many other communities...
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Sheltering teen mums: Emergency home offers crisis care in Thailand
el Reino de Tailandia
BANGKOK, Thailand – Mon* began dating her boyfriend when she was 14 years old. They met online. A few months in, "he wanted to have sex," she recalled. "He did not use any protection. I was scared at first, but he...
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