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Youth mobilize to support Egypt’s front-line health workers
Egypt
Dozens of young people are assembling thousands of hygiene and dignity kits for health workers working on the front lines of the COVID-19 response.
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Meeting family planning needs in Nepal’s quarantine centres
Nepal
When Kabita Bhandari arrived at a quarantine centre in far-western Nepal, residents thought she was bringing food. Instead, she was delivering another kind of essential supplies.
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Teachers and mothers join forces to keep girls in school in Malawi
Malawi
In the 2013-2014 school year, four girls became pregnant and left. The next year, five more girls dropped out. The year after that, another four.
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After tragedy, refugee family finds safety and community in Türkiye
Türkiye
Salimeh was nervous about fleeing from Afghanistan to Türkiye as a refugee, but her husband insisted life would be better. Then he suddenly and tragically died.
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Sahel project helps women raise themselves, their communities from poverty
Chad
Once, Adouia Brema was a child bride forced to leave school. Today, she gives her community the gift of light.
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Pregnant indigenous women in Panama face COVID-19 fears, lack of transport
Panama
Carmen was two days into an excruciating labour when she was carried to the nearest health clinic – three hours away – in a hammock held aloft by community members.
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Demand for counselling services spikes in Palestine amid COVID-19 lockdown
Palestine, State of
“Sometimes I feel that this is a nightmare that I will eventually wake up from, but the nightmare is never-ending and I do not know how much longer I can handle this,” T.C.* told UNFPA.
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Dignity kits bring hygiene supplies to vulnerable communities in pandemic-affected area of the Gambia
The Gambia
As the COVID-19 pandemic engulfs much of the world, health authorities in The Gambia are working to prevent its transmission across the country’s borders.
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A matter of life and death for Yemen’s women and girls as funding dries up
Yemen
UNFPA has been forced to suspend the provision of reproductive health care in 140 out of 180 health facilities.
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Nine things you need to know about periods and the pandemic
Menstruation is misunderstood and stigmatized around the world, a fact likely to worsen under the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are ten things you need to know about periods and the pandemic – and what the world needs to do…
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Safe birth services save lives, prevent childbirth injury in Tanzania
Tanzania, United Republic of
Midwife Nuriat Koku Mtumbi remembers the day in March well: “It was raining heavily and Adimu* had delivered her baby on her way to our facility. “She was shielding herself under a tree” when she gave birth, Ms. Mtumbi…
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In Yemen and around the world, obstetric fistula strikes the most vulnerable women
Yemen
Hundreds of thousands of women are living with obstetric fistula – a traumatic birth injury. And it could be worsening.