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Meeting the needs of older people through solidarity, empowerment and data
Moldova, Republic of
“This pandemic exposes the cracks in our society,” said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem.
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Amid wreckage in Beirut, health and psychosocial needs are paramount
Lebanon
A masked aid worker helps an injured woman limp from a mobile first-aid clinic. Another aid worker, Hiba Kshour, carries hygiene supplies past the shattered husk of a car.
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Eswatini SMS service helps women access family planning, food amid pandemic
Once a month, Nolwazi Myeni receives a message on her mobile phone notifying her that family planning services are available despite the pandemic-related lockdown.
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Operation SALAMA reaches millions of Moroccans with pandemic information, supplies, support
Morocco
“At the start of the pandemic, we were very worried about our health,” Halima*, a migrant woman from Madagascar, told UNFPA.
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If you want to change the world, start at home: New tool offers roadmap for changing social norms
Burkina Faso, United Kingdom, Zambia
Community-led efforts are helping to change beliefs and practices all around the world, a new publication shows.
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Ride-hailing app delivers contraceptives to users’ doorsteps
Uganda
When Betty Nagadya walks through the trading centre on her way home, she, "Who needs a helmet? For those who feel cold, I have a coat for you.” But her song is not about clothing – it’s about condoms.
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For pregnant COVID-19 patients in Egypt, a safe place to deliver
Egypt
As soon as she started her ninth month of pregnancy, Mayada Reda started coughing and feeling feverish. Then she lost her sense of taste and smell.
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Putting the brakes on COVID-19: Safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls
Officially, the COVID-19 pandemic has sickened 12 million people and left more than half a million dead. But the full toll of this catastrophe has been incalculably greater.
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For Kyrgyzstan’s LGBTQIA+ community, risks escalate under COVID-19 pandemic
Kyrgyzstan
Alina* has faced a lifetime of challenges all too common to transgender people. And she says those difficulties have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Safety elusive for women in South Sudan’s protection sites amid pandemic
South Sudan
"Intimate partner violence is worse with the COVID-19 situation,” said Poni Rose Modo, a social worker.
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Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls
Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are harmed physically or psychologically, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and communities.
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Health workers in West Africa “in daily danger” while providing reproductive health services
Benin, Guinea, Togo
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, health workers in several West African countries say it has been challenging to prevent the spread of the virus while providing life-saving sexual and reproductive health…
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