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The Face of Extreme Poverty in Suburban Bucharest
Romania
BUCIUMENI, Romania — Just 30 kilometres outside Romania's picturesque capital, past quiet, leafy suburbs, lies a complete anomaly.
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Romania: Improving Reproductive Health One District at a Time
Romania
BRANCENI, Romania — It is just 10 a.m., but the reception hall of the Family Doctor Clinic in the village of Branceni – some 80 kilometers west of Bucharest in the Teleorman District – is filled with women and their…
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New UNFPA Effort to Assist Women Suffering from Niger's Food Crisis
Niger
NIAMEY, Niger — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, launched a new initiative earlier this month to help the millions of pregnant and nursing women affected by the ongoing food crisis in Niger.
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UNFPA Observes 2005 International Day of Older Persons in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan — The contributions of Turkmenistan’s seniors to their country were acknowledged in two days of festivities in the Caspian Sea city of Turkmenbashi.
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'We Saved the Life of That Woman' -- Mobile Teams Respond to Pakistan Health Crisis
Pakistan
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan-administered Kashmir — Bushra, 17, went into labour a few days after the earthquake struck, but the baby didn’t come.
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Talking about Women, Peace and Security: Bucharest Workshop on Security Council Resolution 1325
Romania
BUCHAREST, Romania — Participants came to a workshop on women, peace and security from some of the most desperate or ravaged places on earth – Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Liberia, the Occupied Palestinian Territory,…
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Through the Eyes of the Victim: Police Training and Domestic Violence in Honduras
Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — With bloodshot, swollen eyes and aching arms and ribs, Alicia came to the police station on a Sunday morning to denounce her boyfriend.
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Sharing the Secret: Rape Survivors find Solace and Skills with UNFPA-Sponsored Programme
Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Bintu Mansary’s father was shot and killed as she and her family tried to escape the rebel attack on her village during the brutal Sierra Leonean civil war.
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Dying to Give Life: Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
BADAKHSHAN, Afghanistan — It juts like a finger, thrusting through the freezing and windswept Pamir Mountains: jabbing through the broad plateau of Tajikistan to the north and Pakistan to the south.
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Panel on International Migration and the Millennium Development Goals
Morocco
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you this morning to our High-Level Panel on International Migration and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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A Woman's Centre Takes on Domestic Violence in the Gaza Strip
Palestine, State of
AL-BUREIJ REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territory — Sameera, one of eight girls and mother to three daughters, suffered from domestic violence for years.
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Making Villages in Indonesia More 'Mother Friendly'
Indonesia
OGAN KOMERING ILIR, South Sumatra, Indonesia—When Kawit’s third childbirth did not go smoothly, Yuniar, the midwife in Sukapulit village, realized the problem was obstructed labour and knew what to do.
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