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Dispatches from the road: UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd on the horrors facing Rohingya refugees
In mid-February, humanitarian advocate, writer and actor Ashley Judd travelled to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh to meet Rohingya refugees who have escaped violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. There, she visited UNFPA-...
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Mayon volcano eruption displaces pregnant women and new mothers in Philippines
la República de Filipinas
“I was washing clothes near my house when I heard the eruption from Mayon Volcano,” Jiassal Balatinsayo told UNFPA. Eight months pregnant and residing just over 6 km from the volcano erupting in the village of Santa...
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Escaping violence, refugee mothers in Angola find relief in safe childbirth
Towards the end of Yvonne Mboi’s pregnancy, she recalled, “I realized I was too big. I was afraid.” These concerns loomed large after her harrowing flight from conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Madres adolescentes muestran la importancia de la educación sexual y los servicios de salud sexual
la República del Perú
“Quedé embarazada a los 14 años de edad”, Angie contó al UNFPA. Ahora, a los 19, ella vive con su hijo en un asentamiento humano situado en Villa El Salvador, uno de los distritos más poblados de Lima, la capital del...
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Mozambique programme empowers girls to fight gender inequality, child marriage
la República de Mozambique
“We are equal to boys and can also contribute to society,” said 17-year-old Lidia Suale Saide. Lidia knows what it means to stand up for these beliefs. One year ago, she refused her mother’s attempt to marry her off.
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Mothers too young: Inequality fuels adolescent pregnancies in Thailand
el Reino de Tailandia
“I had plans for my life, but since I got pregnant I had to plan for my life in a different way,” said Fern*, 18. “If I knew this was going to happen, I would have just focused on my studies. I would not have bothered...
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Displaced by crisis, South Sudan midwifery students focus on saving mothers
la República de Sudán del Sur
Nyomon Lilian will never forget the day she decided to become a midwife. A few years ago, in her hometown of Kajo Keji, in South Sudan’s Equatoria region, she watched as her neighbour bled out after giving birth.
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Ethiopian women and girls see “remarkable results” in ending child marriage
la República Democrática Federal de Etiopía
Not long ago, the sight of a 10-year-old bride was a common occurrence in Ethiopia’s Kolla Tembein District, said Daniel Hagos, the district’s chief administrator. But the community’s women and girls are mobilizing to...
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A safe pregnancy is every woman’s right: Midwifery care saves lives in Myanmar
la República de la Unión de Myanmar
Ngun Hlei was lucky to have seen a midwife during her third pregnancy. Many women in Myanmar don’t. “I felt very unwell for many months during that pregnancy. But what could I do? I carried on with my work making snacks...
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“I refused”: Brave women and girls take a stand against FGM
UNITED NATIONS, New York/Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO – Fourteen-year-old Latifatou Compaoré learned the spirit of resistance from her mother. Her mother was subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) as a child in...
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A vision of change: Pioneer spends 30 years advocating end to FGM in Sudan
la República del Sudán
In the early 1980s, Abdullah Ali Abdullah saw constant infections and childbirth complications while volunteering in a health centre in Sudan’s North Kordofan state. He soon realized many of these issues had the same...
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Life interrupted: Myanmar teen pregnancy points to need for comprehensive sexuality education
la República de la Unión de Myanmar
Every year, almost 50,000 teenage girls in Myanmar give birth, according to data from the 2014 census. Thiri* was one of them. She became pregnant when she was only 15 years old.
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