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For Kyrgyzstan’s LGBTQIA+ community, risks escalate under COVID-19 pandemic

calendar_today09 July 2020

Advocates prepare to deliver essential supplies to LGBTQIA+ people in need. Image courtesy of Kyrgyz Indigo.
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After tragedy, refugee family finds safety and community in Türkiye

calendar_today19 June 2020

Outreach workers visit refugee communities to help improve access to social services among the most vulnerable. © UNFPA Türkiye/Utku Tonguç Topal
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Silent solutions available to quarantined survivors of domestic violence

calendar_today21 May 2020

Amid a surge in calls for help, counsellors and police are pivoting to new modes of communication. Image courtesy of Ternovyy Viktor
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Protecting seasonal workers in Türkiye's tent settlements from COVID-19

calendar_today05 May 2020

UNFPA-supported mobile service units are helping residents of Türkiye's tent settlements implement infection control measures. © UNFPA Türkiye/Esma Yılmaz
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Pandemic leaves older populations struggling with isolation in Serbia

calendar_today27 April 2020

Brankica Jankovic takes calls at the UNFPA-supported hotline. Image courtesy of the Red Cross of Serbia
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When quarantine is unsafe: Domestic violence survivors seek help in Ukraine

calendar_today15 April 2020

Calls to the National Hotline on Combatting Domestic Violence increased by more than 25 per cent in the first two weeks of quarantine. © La Strada Ukraine
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COVID-19 affects Ukraine health systems already compromised by conflict

calendar_today06 April 2020

A boy at home in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine. People are urged to stay home to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and health services are being scaled down. © UNICEF/UN0243125/Morris VII Photo
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As COVID-19 pandemic increases childcare burden, calls for Georgian men to step up

calendar_today31 March 2020

Journalist and teacher Giorgi Liparishvili plays with his son Tevdore. © UNFPA Georgia/Guram Kapanadze
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Gender-based violence spikes amid pandemic, shelters need support

calendar_today03 April 2020

UNFPA and partners are delivering essential items to women's shelters in Kosovo. © UNFPA Kosovo/Besnik Sherifi
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Kazakhstan adolescents demand information to avoid teenage pregnancies

calendar_today23 January 2020

Despite the difficulties she experienced, Nadya is glad she chose to keep her child. © UNFPA Kazakhstan
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