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Bushra’s journey from child bride to groundbreaking entrepreneur in Yemen
Yemen
SANA'A, Yemen – Bushra Ahmed Al-Burai is a mother of six and – in one of the world’s most restrictive countries for women’s rights - a gender equality champion and a successful entrepreneur.
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The school that became home, again: Nightmare returns for families fleeing violence in Lebanon
Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon – “Mariam just turned two a few days ago, but this is already her second displacement,” explained her mother Nadia*, who was sheltering with her family at Sin El Fil school in Lebanon’s capital Beirut.
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Survivors demand justice for digital gender-based violence
Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya – Around the world, legal systems are failing to deliver justice for women and girls who experience violence. And this is especially true when it comes to violence facilitated by technology, a phenomenon…
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Child marriages surge in Gaza as war tightens grip on girls’ futures
Palestine, State of
GAZA, The Occupied Palestinian Territory – “When my aunt asked for my hand in marriage for her son, my father agreed immediately,” said Amal*, from Khan Younis in southern Gaza. But the ceremony wasn’t a happy one – at…
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“I arrived with nothing but my life”: Women in South Sudan describe harrowing escape from violence
South Sudan
JONGLEI STATE, South Sudan – “I left at night, crawling to avoid the crossfire,” said Rachiel, a mother of seven from Baidit, in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. “It took me two days to reach safety – I arrived with nothing…
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From DMs to I dos: Five ways social media is reshaping child marriage
Nepal
UNITED NATIONS, New York – As the world goes digital, so does the ancient practice of child marriage.
Even as the Internet delivers knowledge about human rights directly to people’s screens, even as…
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Pregnant women and newborns suffer harshest fallout from attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine
Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine – “We had already started surgery – a Caesarean-section,” recalled Nataliia Heints, a senior doctor at the Kyiv Regional Perinatal Centre. “But at the beginning of the operation, the electricity went out.…
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Explainer – Survivors in the lead: How community resistance is key to ending female genital mutilation
UNITED NATIONS , New York – Female genital mutilation is known to be a violation of women’s and girls’ fundamental rights and to cause deep, lasting and often life-threatening physical and mental harm.
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“Displacement took more than my home”: Women and girls describe fleeing violence in northern Syria
Syrian Arab Republic
ALEPPO, Syrian Arab Republic – When fighting intensified near her neighbourhood in Aleppo, in northern Syria, Fatima and her family had to run. Now eight months pregnant and sheltering in a makeshift camp, the mother of…
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Inclusive care reaches survivors of gender-based violence in Indonesia
Indonesia
BREBES/SERANG/GARUT, Indonesia – “Inclusivity is not a luxury,” said Rita, a counsellor who works with women and children in need of protection in Serang, on the island of Java in Indonesia. “It is a necessity.”
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“It was tragic”: Women and health workers in Sudan describe fleeing El Fasher
Sudan
NORTH DARFUR STATE, Sudan – “In El Fasher, I couldn’t have any health check-ups because there were no hospitals left near us,” said Zainab, 26, who was pregnant during describing a brutal siege that lasted 18 months in…
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Midwives offer a ray of hope amid horror, as harsh winter grips Gaza
Palestine, State of
GAZA, The Occupied Palestinian Territory — When Rana learned she was pregnant, her joy was quickly overshadowed by another feeling – fear.
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