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Emerging from slavery, Yazidi women struggle to recover

calendar_today08 August 2016

Dozens of survivors of abduction and enslavement are receiving care at a UNFPA-supported women’s centre in northern Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq

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Women face "unspeakable" sexual violence in South Sudan

calendar_today05 August 2016

UNFPA is providing post-rape treatment kits and other essential health supplies in South Sudan. Sexual violence has been widespread since hostilities erupted last month. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka

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Aug 2016

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UNFPA Yemen

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Strengthening Reproductive Health Care in Ibb, Yemen

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Stay and deliver: Saving lives under gunfire in Juba

calendar_today26 July 2016

A mother and baby in Bentiu, South Sudan, in 2015. When violence erupted days before the fifth anniversary of South Sudan's independence, heroic midwives stood their ground to save lives. © UNFPA/Amadou Baraze Elh Nakaka

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Poverty, inequality at the heart of the Zika outbreak

calendar_today21 July 2016

Greicy Alves with her son, Gabriel, who has microcephaly. Ms. Alves was diagnosed with Zika in her first trimester. Marginalized women are disproportionately affected by the outbreak. © UNFPA/Tatiana Almeida

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Jun 2016

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UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #46 1-30 June 2016

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Jun 2016

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UNFPA Yemen

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UNFPA RESPONSE IN YEMEN Monthly Situation Report #05 – June 2016

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Young volunteers meet critical reproductive health needs in Liberia

calendar_today01 July 2016

Volunteer James S. Yangbie leads a discussion at the health club he started at Kaytoken Junior High. Talented youth volunteers are meeting reproductive health needs in Liberia, where conflict and the Ebola epidemic had left the health system shattered. © UNFPA/Ruth Fertig

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Amid war devastation, Central African youth become agents of peace

calendar_today30 June 2016

United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi speaks to a group of peer educators in the Central African Republic. The peer educators are spreading messages of peace in their community. © UNFPA/CAR

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Thousands of pregnant women displaced by Boko Haram in Niger

calendar_today28 June 2016

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced following attacks by Boko Haram. UNFPA estimates 3,000 displaced women and girls are pregnant and in urgent need of assistance. © UNFPA

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