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Between conflict and climate crises, midwives deliver hope for mothers and newborns in Yemen

When Mona began working as a midwife in her local health centre 30 years ago, she was the first in Yemen’s Hadramout Governorate. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 06 May 2024
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A boat clinic delivers crucial health care for women in remote villages in Benin

Published on: 10/06/2024

Women in the remote villages of Sô-Ava, Benin have limited access to reproductive health care and maternity wards.

A boat clinic, supported by UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—helps deliver the services they need.

Watch UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s visit to the clinic to see how UNFPA is working to ensure rights and choices for all women and girls, no matter where they live.

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For the community, by the community: Transgender advocates for sexual and reproductive health and rights

Members of Bangladesh’s transgender and gender-diverse hijra community gather in Gaibandha on 13 May 2024 to perform and share their experiences with UNFPA. © UNFPA Bangladesh / Samantha Reinders
  • 17 May 2024
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Emergency maternity care and psychosocial support for women and girls hit by floods in Afghanistan

Midwife Habiba Danish and the mobile health team members speak with women and girls affected by the floods in northern Afghanistan. © ORCD Afghanistan
  • 29 May 2024
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How a teenage mother in Cameroon triumphed over child marriage and sexual violence amid conflict  

UNFPA has deployed 34 midwives and a team of social workers offering life-saving health care and protection services to vulnerable women and girls in remote and hard-to-reach areas of the Far North Region in Cameroon. © UNFPA Cameroon/Samuel Sawalda
  • 07 June 2024
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Global dialogues for a renewed commitment to ICPD

Published on: 05/06/2024

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The adolescent health indicators

Number of pages: 90

Publication date: 05 Jun 2024

Publisher: UNFPA, PMNCH, UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNICEF, UN Women, WFP, WHO, World Bank Group.

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Adolescents in a changing world: the case for urgent investment

Number of pages: 144

Publication date: 05 Jun 2024

Publisher: UNFPA, PMNCH, UNICEF, WHO

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Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: No time to lose as famine stalks millions in Sudan amid intense fighting and access denials

31 May 2024

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