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

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

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
  • 18 January 2022
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  • Student midwives persevere amid conflict and pandemic in Afghanistan

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Student midwives persevere amid conflict and pandemic in Afghanistan

Midwifery students learn critical life-saving skills. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 12 August 2021
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  • Indonesian religious leaders, health workers advocate female genital mutilation’s end

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

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
  • 22 June 2021
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  • Increasing access to sexual and reproductive health and HIV programmes for gender-diverse communities in Bangladesh

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

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
  • 08 June 2021
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  • Global shortage of 900,000 midwives threatens women’s lives and health, new report shows

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

Midwives with a mobile team in Marib, Yemen, provide life-saving services in a displacement camp. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 04 May 2021
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  • Studies show severe toll of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health, rights around the world

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

School closures have put young people at risk, researchers say. Pictured, a UNFPA-supported boarding school in Kenya, photographed in November 2020. © UNFPA ESARO
  • 21 April 2021
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  • In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price

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

Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani holds Abia's newborn baby shortly after delivery. Abia lost a lot of blood during childbirth. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 26 February 2021
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  • Amid conflict, displacement, pandemic, Syrian girls see a future in… robots

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

Bana, 12, enjoys learning about robotics at a women's and girls' safe space in northwest Syria. Image courtesy of Ihsan Relief and Development
  • 22 February 2021
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  • Hondurans lose critical health services after Hurricane Eta tears through Central America

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

Nearly 12,000 people are staying in shelters following the deadly storm. © UNFPA Honduras
  • 08 November 2020
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  • Midwives on the front lines working to reverse Afghanistan’s high maternal death rate

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Midwives on the front lines working to reverse Afghanistan’s high maternal death rate

A midwife takes a woman's blood pressure at a family health house in rural Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 21 October 2020
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