News

Sexuality education is among teachings by monks in Bhutan

Throughout Bhutan, monks (like here in Trashi Yangtse District) are teaching young people sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender-based violence. © UNFPA Bhutan/Tshering Penjor
  • 23 August 2021
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Midwifery training helps doctors, nurses level up their skills in rural China

Dr. Cairen Sangji conducts an antenatal examination for a local Tibetan woman in Yushu, Qinghai Province. Image courtesy of Yushu County Maternal and Child Health Hospital
  • 03 August 2021
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Resources

Easy Read: Violence against People with Disabilities because of their Gender During COVID-19

Resource date: Jun 2021

Author: UN Women, UNFPA and Women Enabled International

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Easy Read: Some good examples of women and girls with disabilities getting their rights during COVID-19

Resource date: Jun 2021

Author: UNFPA and Women Enabled International

COVID-19 is a new illness that many people in the world have been getting. Many women and girls with disabilities have not been getting their rights during COVID-19. Some governments and organizations made sure that women and girls with disabilities could still get their rights during COVID-19. This report has some good examples of women and girls with disabilities getting their rights during COVID-19.

The original version of this report is called ‘Compendium of Good Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic’.

Resources

Easy Read: Life for women and girls with disabilities in the world during COVID-19

Resource date: Jun 2021

Author: UNFPA and Women Enabled International

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Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya

A midwife examines a pregnant woman using the portable ultrasound device. © UNFPA Kenya
  • 15 July 2021
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Art installation puts need for bodily autonomy on display

Published on: 12/07/2021

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Tigray conflict decimates maternal health services, overwhelms health workers

Ms. Merhawit (right) sits with her aunt at the maternity ward in Suhul Hospital, Shire. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo
  • 07 July 2021
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With COVID-19 heralding possible fertility changes, leaders must urgently support women’s rights and choices

A mobile health clinic, supported by UNFPA and the Spotlight Initiative, brings critical family planning and other services to underserved parts of Mozambique. ©UNFPA Mozambique/Mbuto Machili
  • 08 July 2021
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Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia

Traditional midwives are working with health systems to provide both modern and traditional care to expectant mothers. © UNFPA Colombia
  • 06 July 2021
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