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Jun 2020

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UNFPA

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160

State of World Population

State of World Population 2020

Defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality

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Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls

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Without urgent action, the situation for women and girls could worsen. Artwork by Fatma Mahmoud Salama Raslan.

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UNFPA partners with Mozambique government, Operation Fistula to scale up InfoFistula app

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“After becoming pregnant at 13, I tell every girl in my community to stay in school and use contraceptives," shares the then-20-year-old Mafalda (far left) from Mocuba District, Zambezia Province in Mozambique. As an advocate for girls’ sexual and reproductive rights and choices, her mother speaks about her transformation: “My daughter found courage from the difficult times she faced. Now she is passing on to other girls the lessons she has learned”. © UNFPA Mozambique/Helene Christensen

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ICPD Secretariat

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May 2020

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Accelerating the Promise: The report on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25

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Nine things you need to know about periods and the pandemic

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The pandemic is affecting how people experience menstruation. © PONY for UNFPA

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Korean cooperation helps give Ivorian fistula survivors a new lease on life

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Safe birth services save lives, prevent childbirth injury in Tanzania

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A health facility in Tanzania’s Simiyu region, which was renovated through a two-year programme supported by UNFPA with funding from KOICA. © UNFPA Tanzania/Karlien Truyens

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In Yemen and around the world, obstetric fistula strikes the most vulnerable women

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A woman recovers from fistula treatment sugery in Yemen. Obstetric fistula almost entirely preventable; its persistence is a sign of global social injustice. © UNFPA Yemen

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End gender inequality! End health inequities! End fistula now!

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Indigenous, Afro-Honduran communities join together to fight pandemic

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Members of the Garífuna community are making their own cloth masks to limit the spread of COVID-19. They are also turning to traditional foods and medicines. © UNFPA Honduras

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State of World Population 2020

Defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality

Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls

UNFPA partners with Mozambique government, Operation Fistula to scale up InfoFistula app

Accelerating the Promise: The report on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25

Nine things you need to know about periods and the pandemic

Korean cooperation helps give Ivorian fistula survivors a new lease on life

Safe birth services save lives, prevent childbirth injury in Tanzania

In Yemen and around the world, obstetric fistula strikes the most vulnerable women

End gender inequality! End health inequities! End fistula now!

Indigenous, Afro-Honduran communities join together to fight pandemic

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