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Art installation puts need for bodily autonomy on display

calendar_today12 July 2021

Art installation puts need for bodily autonomy on display

Art installation puts need for bodily autonomy on display

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Addressing the Specific Needs of Women Who Use Drugs - Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B and C and Syphilis

Publication date

2021

Author

UNODC, UNFPA, INPUD, UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO

Number of pages

32

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Addressing the Specific Needs of Women Who Use Drugs - Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B and C and Syphilis

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Bodily autonomy becomes a global rallying cry at Paris Forum on gender equality

calendar_today02 July 2021

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and Malian feminist activist Oumou Salif Touré visited the art installation UNFPA developed in partnership with Equipop and Dysturb to highlight the critical importance of realizing bodily autonomy for all. “The future remains very uncertain. But I have faith in this generation of feminists to which I belong,” Ms. Touré told UNFPA. © UNFPA/Appolonia Benoist
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My body is my own: Envisioning a world of rights and choices

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<p>In Paris, as the Generation Equality Forum draws leaders and activists from around the world, UNFPA has partnered with Equipop and Dysturb to highlight the critical importance of realizing bodily autonomy for all. &copy; Dysturb</p>

<p>Some 2,000 posters and a large art installation have been placed in high-traffic areas of Paris, raising awareness of the fact that only 55 per cent of women, in countries with data, are able to make their own decisions about health care, contraception and sexual activity. &copy; Dysturb</p>

<p>UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and Malian feminist activist Oumou Salif Touré visited the installation. &ldquo;The future remains very uncertain. But I have faith in this generation of feminists to which I belong,&rdquo; Ms. Touré told UNFPA. &copy; UNFPA/Appolonia Benoist</p>

<p>The artwork comes from UNFPA&rsquo;s 2021 State of World Population report, which commissioned original artwork. Much of the art was inspired by finalists in a photo competition that asked young people to illustrate the idea of losing or gaining bodily autonomy. &nbsp; &copy; UNFPA/Appolonia Benoist</p>

<p>Dr. Kanem spoke to activists, advocates and passers-by about the art work and the broader message behind it. At the Forum, she is calling on leaders to fulfil their commitments to women and girls, including their commitment to bodily autonomy. &ldquo;It is now time to deliver,&rdquo; she said. &copy; UNFPA/Appolonia Benoist</p>

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Empowering Kenyan women and girls with disabilities in managing menstrual health

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operational guidance responding health and protection needs people selling sex

Publication date

2021

Author

UNFPA, UNHCR

Number of pages

84

Publication

Operational guidance - Responding to the health and protection needs of people selling or exchanging sex in humanitarian settings

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