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Women are the driving force advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in Brazil
Brazil
Carol Nascimento was 21 when she left home in Belo Horizonte in search of a life purpose. She found it in Vale do Capão, in the rural community of Chapada Diamantina, where she formed Alevante da Terra (Earth Rising), a…
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Refusing to submit to a virginity test, one bride risks death
Afghanistan
“I asked him the reason why he was abusing my daughter. He told me that Sahar was not a virgin.”
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Drought in Somalia forces displacement, posing particular challenges for women and girls
Somalia
Weeks turned into months, and still the rains never came. As the drought in Somalia scorches the land, the chances for a family’s survival wither and die like crops and livestock, forcing them to search for lifelines…
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Studies show severe toll of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health, rights around the world
Findings from experts in the UN, academia, civil society, government ministries and other partners showed widespread losses in access to sexual and reproductive health information and services and increased concerns…
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Bodily autonomy: Busting 7 myths that undermine individual rights and freedoms
Some of the most persistent barriers to bodily autonomy involve stereotypes, assumptions and misconceptions about bodily autonomy.
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Elopement or kidnapping? A love story in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
When Nabila, 23, fell in love with the young man next door, their romance was destined to be complicated.
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Serbian women with disabilities shatter taboos, transform health services amid pandemic
Serbia
Mónika Zsúnyi, 26, can do many extraordinary things. Living in Temerin, Serbia, she has an advanced degree in applied mathematics and spends her time doing 3D modelling. She is an avid reader and community organizer.…
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Timor-Leste floods leave death, destruction and displacement in their wake
Timor-Leste
Forty-two deaths. Dozens missing. More than 10,000 newly homeless. Impassable roads. Power blackouts. Rescue attempts requiring excavators and cranes. This is the devastating aftermath for Timor-Leste, an island nation…
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A publication on reproductive health for women with disabilities is published in Braille
Kazakhstan
In a win for inclusion, a reproductive health publication for women with disabilities has been published in Braille for the visually impaired.
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Yemeni midwives help deliver hope during Ramadan
Yemen
Often heard throughout the global pandemic is that essential workers cannot work from home. But the world’s worst humanitarian crisis calls for extraordinary measures. In a country ravaged by conflict, where only half…
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Dominican Republic project champions welfare of mothers amid COVID-19 pandemic
Dominican Republic
Even with the global pandemic raging, Lucía García says she feels more prepared for childbirth, and better supported, than she did before.
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Mobile clinics deliver last-mile reproductive health care in Madagascar
Madagascar
Ambovombe is a landlocked district in southern Madagascar, where only about half of health facilities are accessible year-round because of poor roads and challenging terrain. And even if one could get there, the cost of…
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