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Beauty for the brave: Abuse survivors learn to make it on their own

calendar_today12 June 2019

Participants in the Beauty for All course show off their new skills at a graduation ceremony in April. Photo courtesy of L’Oréal
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A nightmare within a nightmare: Taking on sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises

calendar_today28 May 2019

UNFPA holds sessions raising awareness about gender-based violence, and the availability of support services, in a displacement camp in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
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Video

Combating child marriage in Nepal

calendar_today14 May 2019

Combating child marriage in Nepal

Combating child marriage in Nepal

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Video

"We are not in a safe place": Survivors struggle in aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth

calendar_today14 May 2019

"We are not in a safe place": Survivors struggle in aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth

"We are not in a safe place": Survivors struggle in aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth

In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, survivors of Cyclone Kenneth share their struggles about living in crowded shelters. UNFPA is responding with maternal health support and other services.

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Meet the woman protecting women in Yemen

calendar_today01 May 2019

Bushra has launched the first ever women-run security firm in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
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“We are working against all odds”: Despite progress, FGM and child marriage numbers cause alarm

calendar_today15 March 2019

The path forward will not be easy, says Tadelech Ermias, who bravely refused to undergo FGM. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw
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A guiding hand: School counsellors in Sierra Leone address early pregnancy, child marriage

calendar_today18 March 2019

Fatmata Sesay reenrolled in school after becoming pregnant at age 15. © UNFPA Sierra Leone/Salim Kamara
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Updates

Survivor-centred aid for women and girls from Mosul

calendar_today25 February 2019

Christos Stylianides, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, and Alexander De Croo, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Finance and Development Cooperation, visited Hammam Al-Aleel camp for internally displaced persons in Mosul. © UNFPA Iraq
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To tackle domestic violence, Ukraine looks to UNFPA’s mobile assistance teams

calendar_today17 January 2019

More than 50 UNFPA mobile teams are currently working in the country, serving thousands. © UNFPA/Maks Levin
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Top 5 things you didn’t know about female genital mutilation

calendar_today05 February 2019

Asha lays out the tools she uses to perform female genital mutilation in Somalia. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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