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What does it mean to live in a world of 8 billion people, and counting?
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
Brazil
“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
Myanmar
“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
Kenya
“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
“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
Bangladesh
“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”
Cuba
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
Palestine, State of
“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
Ukraine
“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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“The violence never stopped,” Sudanese woman says – but neither did her hope
Sudan
"I would go to my parents, but they would return me to my abusive husband." This is what Semira,* a 25-year-old from Sudan, recalls from her marriage, which started when she was just a child. She became a…
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For persons with disabilities, innovation and bodily autonomy are fundamental on the path to inclusion
“The entirety of my art practice is based on ways that technology can help with my disability. That’s why I fell in love with cameras in the first place: They helped me see things.”
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Ending unmet need for family planning in a world of 8 billion: The innovations enabling access for all
Brazil, Myanmar
Access to contraceptives and family planning has long been a complicated matter. But the COVID-19 pandemic made matters worse.
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