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Fifty years after a terrible childbirth injury, Kenyan woman gets a new lease on life

calendar_today10 October 2016

Jumwa Kabibu Kai, 77, with Kilifi County Governor Amason Kingi, at an event raising awareness about fistula. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo

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New rules to help end child marriage in Cameroon

calendar_today06 October 2016

Faouzia Yaya was forced into marriage three years ago. A new penal code has just been adopted to prevent such marriages. © UNFPA Cameroon

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After harrowing escape, South Sudan woman welcomes healthy twins

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Nyador Dagey with her newborn twins in a UNFPA-supported clinic in Bentiu. © UNFPA South Sudan/Michael Gatluak Tuok

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“I am a prey to all men”: Refugee women endure poverty, harassment, isolation

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Muna was left to fend for her children alone in the Domiz refugee camp in Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq/Khetam Malkawi

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Giving birth upright, with maté – Peru clinics open arms to indigenous women

calendar_today29 September 2016

This woman's second childbirth experience was totally different from her first, she says, because she was able to deliver in the traditional vertical position. © Panorama/Carlos Gomez

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Astrologers, shamans and priests mobilize against child marriage in Nepal

calendar_today27 September 2016

Three women with their children in Far Western Nepal. All of the women were child brides. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri

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Organizations raise alarm over “global contraceptive crisis”

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Nurse adviser Clementine Denagmi offers family planning counseling at a clinic run by the Benin Family Planning Association in Cotonou, Benin. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard

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Companies pledge to help reduce childbirth deaths in crisis settings

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Residents flee brutal violence in the Rutshuru territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2012. Women give birth, even in wartime and disasters. © UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti

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African presidents urge investment in youth as continent sees rare demographic opportunity

calendar_today20 September 2016

World Bank Vice President Keith Hansen, President Idriss Déby of Chad, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and moderator Folly Bah Thibault (left to right) at a high-level dialogue on achieving the demographic dividend. © UNFPA/Koye Adeboye

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World leaders adopt ground-breaking plan to address refugee and migrant crisis

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Fifty years after a terrible childbirth injury, Kenyan woman gets a new lease on life

New rules to help end child marriage in Cameroon

After harrowing escape, South Sudan woman welcomes healthy twins

“I am a prey to all men”: Refugee women endure poverty, harassment, isolation

Giving birth upright, with maté – Peru clinics open arms to indigenous women

Astrologers, shamans and priests mobilize against child marriage in Nepal

Organizations raise alarm over “global contraceptive crisis”

Companies pledge to help reduce childbirth deaths in crisis settings

African presidents urge investment in youth as continent sees rare demographic opportunity

World leaders adopt ground-breaking plan to address refugee and migrant crisis

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