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Conflict, poverty, poor health conditions a deadly mix for mothers in South Sudan

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Midwife Justine Mangwi was not able to save the newborn's mother. © UNFPA South Sudan

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Risks to women and girls soar in hurricane-slammed Haiti

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Urgent action is required to protect the lives of thousands of women and girls. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright

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Women’s health needs critical as battle for Mosul intensifies

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A displaced family walks under a sky blackened by burning oil wells in Qayyarah, south of Mosul. Nineteen oil wells were set ablaze as ISIL retreated from the area. © OCHA/ Themba Linden

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With high child marriage rates among Syrian refugees, one girl takes a stand

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Raneem Abras, 16, a Syrian refugee living in Lebanon, advocates against child marriage. © UNFPA Lebanon/Sima Diab

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UNFPA

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2016

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UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, UNAIDS, WHO

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112

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H6 Annual Report 2015

2015 annual report of the H6 Joint Programme, with the collaboration of Canada and Sweden

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Launch of the 2016 State of World Population report

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Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

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Violence against women was widespread even before the current conflict, but experts say abuses are becoming even more commonplace. A women's shelter in a port city in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen

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In Myanmar, family planning empowers women to take charge of their health, futures

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Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”

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Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on 4 October, unleashing the greatest devastation the country has seen since the 2010 earthquake. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright

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Giving girls a voice in Zika-affected communities

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Barbara, Jocelly and Maria Eduarda after attending a reproductive health seminar in Goiana, Brazil. © UNFPA Brazil/Tatiana Almeida

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Conflict, poverty, poor health conditions a deadly mix for mothers in South Sudan

Risks to women and girls soar in hurricane-slammed Haiti

Women’s health needs critical as battle for Mosul intensifies

With high child marriage rates among Syrian refugees, one girl takes a stand

H6 Annual Report 2015

2015 annual report of the H6 Joint Programme, with the collaboration of Canada and Sweden

Launch of the 2016 State of World Population report

Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

In Myanmar, family planning empowers women to take charge of their health, futures

Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”

Giving girls a voice in Zika-affected communities

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