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Canada renews its humanitarian contribution with CAD $16.8 million to assist millions of women and girls in the Arab States region

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New funding from Canada will help to respond to the urgent needs health and protection needs of women and girls in the Arab States region. © UNFPA Yemen

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For gender-based violence survivors in Palestine, a little assistance goes a long way

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A cash voucher assistance programme has helped vulnerable women purchase much-needed groceries, hygiene supplies and children's essentials. The financial boost is part of other safe space services including psychosocial support, legal counselling and vocational training. © UNFPA Palestine

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Student midwives persevere amid conflict and pandemic in Afghanistan

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Midwifery students learn critical life-saving skills. © UNFPA Afghanistan

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Indonesian religious leaders, health workers advocate female genital mutilation’s end

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Midwife Suci Maysaroh used to perform mock female genital mutilation on newborn girls but now encourages parents not to harm their daughters. © UNFPA Indonesia/Lucky Putra

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Increasing access to sexual and reproductive health and HIV programmes for gender-diverse communities in Bangladesh

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Shohan Hijra, a transgender woman in Dhaka, Bangladesh with her boyfriend, Arif, has participated in sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes for gender-diverse populations. Photo credit: Md. Masbah Uddin Ahmed/Bandhu Social Welfare Society

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Global shortage of 900,000 midwives threatens women’s lives and health, new report shows

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Midwives with a mobile team in Marib, Yemen, provide life-saving services in a displacement camp. © UNFPA Yemen

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Studies show severe toll of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health, rights around the world

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School closures have put young people at risk, researchers say. Pictured, a UNFPA-supported boarding school in Kenya, photographed in November 2020. © UNFPA ESARO

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In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price

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Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani holds Abia's newborn baby shortly after delivery. Abia lost a lot of blood during childbirth. © UNFPA Yemen

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Amid conflict, displacement, pandemic, Syrian girls see a future in… robots

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Bana, 12, enjoys learning about robotics at a women's and girls' safe space in northwest Syria. Image courtesy of Ihsan Relief and Development

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Hondurans lose critical health services after Hurricane Eta tears through Central America

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Canada renews its humanitarian contribution with CAD $16.8 million to assist millions of women and girls in the Arab States region

For gender-based violence survivors in Palestine, a little assistance goes a long way

Student midwives persevere amid conflict and pandemic in Afghanistan

Indonesian religious leaders, health workers advocate female genital mutilation’s end

Increasing access to sexual and reproductive health and HIV programmes for gender-diverse communities in Bangladesh

Global shortage of 900,000 midwives threatens women’s lives and health, new report shows

Studies show severe toll of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health, rights around the world

In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price

Amid conflict, displacement, pandemic, Syrian girls see a future in… robots

Hondurans lose critical health services after Hurricane Eta tears through Central America

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