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Emerging from slavery, Yazidi women struggle to recover

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

08 August 2016

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Women face "unspeakable" sexual violence in South Sudan

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

05 August 2016

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Strengthening Reproductive Health Care in Ibb, Yemen

Resource date: Aug 2016

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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Stay and deliver: Saving lives under gunfire in Juba

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

26 July 2016

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Poverty, inequality at the heart of the Zika outbreak

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

21 July 2016

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

Resource date: Jun 2016

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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

Resource date: Jun 2016

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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Young volunteers meet critical reproductive health needs in Liberia

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

01 July 2016

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Amid war devastation, Central African youth become agents of peace

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

30 June 2016

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Thousands of pregnant women displaced by Boko Haram in Niger

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

28 June 2016

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