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Four reasons to stand up for mothers this Mother’s Day
UNITED NATIONS, New York – For many mothers around the world, the month of May is an annual moment for them to receive thanks and recognition for all they do.
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“I have never seen so many pregnant women in this situation”: Survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy face Mozambique’s worst cholera outbreak in two decades
ZAMBEZIA PROVINCE, Mozambique – Tropical Cyclone Freddy and widespread flooding have swept through Mozambique, killing 183 people and leaving more than 640,000 homeless. Making matters worse, in the aftermath of the…
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Population bomb, bust – or boon? New UNFPA report debunks 8 myths about a world of 8 billion
UNITED NATIONS, New York – On 15 November 2022, the world’s population reached a landmark 8 billion people. It’s a staggering number – but what does it mean? What are the implications for the lives, rights, health and…
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Young mothers in Malawi find a space safe from Tropical Storm Freddy’s catastrophic consequences
NSANJE, Malawi – “We are sleeping in the cold,” says 19-year-old Mirriam Karilito, who is seven months pregnant. “And when the rains come, it’s worse.”
Tropical Cyclone Freddy made landfall in Malawi on…
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Births don’t stop during a crisis: How one woman went into labour as Cyclone Freddy slammed into Madagascar
MANAKARA, Madagascar – “We knew the delivery was imminent and that everything was going well... But we didn't know it was going to be today.” Georgette, a 26-year-old mother from Manakara in Madagascar, went into…
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Success at Nyarugusu: How one of the world’s largest refugee camps achieved zero maternal deaths in 2022
KIGOMA, United Republic of Tanzania — Last year, 6,235 women and girls gave birth at Nyarugusu refugee camp. And not one of them died due to pregnancy or childbirth.
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Six UNFPA programmes around the world ensuring “health for all” in a world of 8 billion
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Today marks the first World Health Day that humanity will celebrate as 8 billion.
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“I know how to listen”: Midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use groundbreaking new birth model to care for pregnant survivors of sexual violence
BUKAVU, The Democratic Republic of the Congo – When 16-year-old Esther* arrived at the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, doctors confirmed her worst fear: She was pregnant.
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After eight years of conflict and despite a fragile truce, childbirth still a matter of life and death in Yemen
DHAMAR, Yemen – “If we get some food, we first let our children eat.” Zahra, 30, is a mother of four from the village of Wusab Al Safil in Yemen’s Dhamar Governorate.
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Ensuring critical maternal health services after cyclone Freddy wreaks havoc in Malawi
NSANJE, Malawi – Ruth Zuze was nervous. Her local disaster management committee, in the Makanga village, was broadcasting alerts about a ferocious cyclone barrelling towards Malawi’s southern coast.
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“One society, free from violence”: Training providers on caring for survivors of sexual violence in Palestine
JERICHO, Palestine – "I grew up in a patriarchal society where women have always been left behind, and this shaped my values and behaviour,” said Ayman Lubbad, a gender-based violence expert at Jericho’s government…
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Historic drought in the Horn of Africa: Women and girls fleeing one crisis for another
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DAADAB, Kenya – Incessant hunger and chronic insecurity forced Rukia Yaroow Ali and her nine children to abandon their home in Jilib, Somalia, to seek shelter at the Hagadera refugee camp in northern Kenya.
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