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Carmen Barroso and Childbirth with Dignity Foundation win 2016 UN Population Award

New mothers in David, Panama. Women's sexual and reproductive health, and their rights during childbirth, took centre stage at the 2016 UN Population Awards. © UNFPA/Guadalupe Valdes
  • 24 June 2016
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Slideshow: State of Midwifery

Published on: 06/05/2011

Midwives do much more than deliver babies, as this slideshow, created from photos submitted by UNFPA Field Offices, reveals.
 
The song, "Praan," was composed by Garry Schyman and is available on iTunes.

Midwives in South Sudan

Published on: 26/05/2011

According to the authorities, 80 per cent of all women in Southern Sudan give birth at home, without the help of a midwife, and  the region suffers from one of the highest maternal death rates in the world.

The Birth of South Sudan

Published on: 25/07/2012

The Birth of South Sudan

End the Shame. End the Isolation. End Fistula.

Published on: 20/05/2013

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