Events

International Women’s Day 2021

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Statement

Celebrate women leaders on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response and beyond

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Events

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2021

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Slideshow

Women supporting women: Delivering vital services and lifesaving care around the world

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<p>Women like Kelsang Tshomo, a bus conductor in Bhutan, support women by educating other conductors and drivers&nbsp;on gender-based violence to address it in their own lives and those of public transportation passengers.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Bhutan/Sunita Giri</p>

<p>Other innovations on wheels include mobile clinics, like those in remote and conflict-affected parts of&nbsp;Ukraine, where Dr. Ievghenia Kyslytsia, a gynaecologist, examines women for reproductive cancers. &copy; UNFPA Ukraine</p>

<p>Sometimes supporting women&nbsp;comes after a change of mind. Kokarupe Lorwu, Methani Chepurai Lokuda and&nbsp;Chepchongil Cheleston are former cutters in Kenya who, now in their 70s, are&nbsp;speaking out against female genital mutilation for younger generations of women.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Kenya/Luis Tato</p>

<p>Other times, that support comes from changing people&#39;s&nbsp;minds. Flavia Buitrón belongs to an organization of Quechua women in Peru that raises awareness of indigenous women&#39;s issues.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Peru</p>

News

Women supporting women: Female bus conductors drive out violence in Bhutan

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Kelsang Tshomo is a bus conductor and peer counsellor working to eradicate gender-based violence among fellow female conductors and passengers on public transportation. © UNFPA Bhutan/Sunita Giri
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News

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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News

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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News

Safe spaces in Colombia offer respite to Venezuelan migrants

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Women at a safe space in Saravena, Arauca, one of 19 in Colombia that serve Venezuelan migrants who are survivors of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Colombia
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Publication date

Nov 2020

Author

UNFPA, UNICEF

Resources

Technical Note on Adolescent Girl-Responsive Systems

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)–United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Global Programme to End Child Marriage works with many partners to advocate and support practical actions to end child marriage, and to promote gender equality and the empowerment of adolescent girls.

This technical note illustrates how systems for education, health, gender-based violence and child protection, and social protection can coordinate action and contribute to the safety, health and learning of adolescent girls, and build opportunities for them. 

Press release

Supermodel and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova teams up with UNFPA to end the stigma around women’s bodies and health

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