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No trivia: How a virtual safe space in Ukraine is helping teenagers prioritize their mental health

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"The chat helps me feel very safe." "It's like talking to a friend." “It’s useful for people like me, who are afraid to talk because they weren’t allowed to show their emotions or feelings since…

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In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis

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After being carried for three kilometres through the rain and mud, Nasreen Faroug Balla finally reached the hospital. She was eight months pregnant – and going into labour.

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As drought tightens its grip on Kenya, a motorcycle ambulance is helping women to access critical health care

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“The hardship brought on by the drought has left many women weak and malnourished. I cannot imagine them giving birth without the support of a skilled health professional,” said Mark Epeyon, a community health volunteer…

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What does it mean to live in a world of 8 billion people, and counting?

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Perhaps you’ve heard that we will soon overload the Earth’s carrying capacity – or that, on the contrary, population collapse will crash the global economy. What should you believe, and what should you do about it? Let…

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“Men will no longer do what they want with them”: Indigenous women in Brazil say enough to gender-based violence

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“I saw the change in the women who didn't have courage, who cried with fear in a corner,” said Lutana Ribeiro, from Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s largest state of Amazonas.

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“A dream to achieve”: Making Myanmar more disability-inclusive

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“I applied for a job at a local sewing shop. When they saw my physical impairment, they rejected my application without any other reason,” said Myo Myo, a 19-year-old woman living in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Severe drought fuels malnutrition and reduces hospital deliveries among pregnant women in Kenya’s Turkana County

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“I have never experienced a drought as bad as this in my life,” 28-year-old Akure Ewar told UNFPA. At seven months pregnant, she complains that she is hungry and often feels dizzy when going about her day. “The dry…

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8 reasons for hope in the new year

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“If it bleeds, it leads,” is an old newsroom adage, highlighting the media’s disproportionate attention given to grisly disasters. A look back at 2022 will surface many doom-laden headlines, grim pronouncements and dark…

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Child brides fight back against gender-based violence in Bangladesh

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“I was married at the age of 14 and I lost my first child at 16 during pregnancy.” Ranu Chakma, now 18, says teenage motherhood is not uncommon in her village of Teknaf Upazila, on the southern coast of Bangladesh.

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“I never thought I would be pregnant at this age”

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María Karla Crukshank Fuentevilla is 15 years old and 29 weeks pregnant. It has not been an easy pregnancy.

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How one woman in Gaza triumphed above marital violence, and cancer, to inspire other survivors

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“I believed the recipe for a good marriage would be respect, two-way communication, and love. Unfortunately, I was mistaken.” 

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A mobile maternity unit delivers babies and critical health services amid war in Ukraine

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“When the war arrived in this area, the women and children tried to escape – from danger, hunger and the lack of medical services,” said Dr. Olga Filipova, an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Ukraine.

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