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“We are the experts on disability”: Advocate Angeline Chand urges inclusive disaster preparedness and response in Fiji

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Angeline Chand is an advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities in Fiji and across the Pacific. ©UNFPA/Patrick Rose
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Breaking with tradition in Malawi: Communities band together to protect girls’ rights

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Mlirima Development Network members have been trained in gender equality and rights by UNFPA.
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UNFPA-supported cash vouchers programme eases access to care for women living with HIV in Indonesia

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Cash assistance ensures that people living with HIV can continue to access the antiretroviral therapy they need to stay healthy. © UNFPA Indonesia / Dian Agustino
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Childhood cut short: Three stories of adolescent pregnancy from Paraguay

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In Paraguay, one in every 20 adolescents living in poverty has given birth before the age of 15. © UNFPA Paraguay
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“Your story holds power”: UNFPA provides HIV testing for survivors of violence in Namibia

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World AIDS Day is 1 December. © UNFPA Namibia
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Tackling the hidden mental health crisis in Yemen

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A woman receives counselling at a UNFPA-supported specialized mental health centre in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
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Midwives go door-to-door amid flooding in Peru, reaching thousands with critical health services

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Miryam Coello is visited by one of UNFPA’s midwives at her home in the Veintiséis de Octubre district in Piura. © UNFPA Peru
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“It's about our health and our future”: Ensuring sexual and reproductive health support in northern Mozambique

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Margarida Agida and Selma Severino, maternal and child health nurses from the Lichinga health centre in Niassa, Mozambique, show the range of family planning methods they offer to a community caught up in violent attacks.
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“Hope arrived in the form of Rahna”: The life-saving work of midwives after the Afghanistan earthquake

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Midwife Rahna visits with new mother, 20-year-old Hanifa, whose home was destroyed in the 7 October earthquake that struck Herat province. © UNFPA Afghanistan / Ahmad Jamshid Qazizadah
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