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“You will thrive”: How a UNFPA-supported shelter empowers women and girls in Zambia to break free from abuse

Mwaka*, a survivor of gender-based violence, stayed at the Laweni shelter after escaping her husband’s abuse. © UNFPA Zambia / Jadwiga Figula
  • 01 April 2024
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International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2024

25 March 2024

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Partnering for education: How Norway’s commitment to young people helps empower the most left behind

08 Apr 2024

In the Republic of Moldova, UNFPA’s comprehensive sexuality education programme provides crucial support to adolescent refugees who have fled the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. © UNFPA/Siegfried Modola
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Investing in equality: How young women are innovating to improve their health, rights and lives

In the United Republic of Tanzania, Juliana Magesa founded Young Mums Unite, a support group where mothers aged 15 to 24 can access information and essential services, including family planning, maternal health care and counselling. © UNFPA/Msomi Huru
  • 07 March 2024
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Champion of change: How a Tanzanian youth activist is rallying for gender equality in her community

The Chaguo Langu Haki Yangu: My Choice, My Rights programme, supported by UNFPA and funded by Finland, offers young people the opportunity to become leaders on gender equality in their communities. © UNFPA Tanzania/Warren Bright
  • 15 February 2024
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El Salvador hosts Huellas de Ausencia – a stirring exhibition on femicide and gender-based violence

26 Feb 2024

Visitors at the Huellas de Ausencia exhibition in El Salvador. © UNFPA/Walter Sotomayor
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After surviving sexual violence, youth leader creates change for girls with disabilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ngoma*, who has a hearing disability, was attacked at aged 15 by a group of boys in her hometown of Matadi in the the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA DRC/Jeremie Kibuya
  • 13 February 2024
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Raising the voices of survivors to create a generation free from female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

Zekia is advocating against female genital mutilation among her community and at school in the Dalocha district, in Ethiopia’s Central region. © UNFPA Ethiopia/MOPIX Production
  • 08 February 2024
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