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Leaders at United Nations address sexual violence as a weapon of war

calendar_today20 September 2017

"Please don't give up," urges a message at a clinic in Dohuk, Iraq, specializing in treatment for survivors of sexual violence. Sexual and gender-based violence are commonly seen as tactics of warfare. © UNFPAIraq/Turchenkova
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UNFPA aid reaches Deir Ez-Zor City for the first time in three years

calendar_today15 September 2017

UNFPA delivered hygiene supplies to the city of Deir Ez-Zor, which had been inaccessible to humanitarians for three years. © Syrian Arab Red Crescent
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Heroic midwives save lives amid Syria’s chaos

calendar_today01 May 2017

“There has been an exodus of qualified midwives and reproductive health professionals,” Shatha Al Mostafa told UNFPA. © UNFPA/Nadine Cornier
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Sex selection leads to dangerous gender imbalance; new programme to tackle root causes

calendar_today15 March 2017

Son preference has led to skewed gender ratios in many Asian and Eastern European countries. The Dedalamazishvili family, in Georgia, participates in a documentary photography project raising awareness of the value of girls. © Dina Oganova for UNFPA Georgia
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Joy amid uncertainty: Syrian women enter motherhood in displacement

calendar_today06 March 2017

Fatima and Rasha are visited by a UNFPA coordinator after the birth of their daughters. The babies were born on the same day. © UNFPA Syria
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Former Ugandan circumciser says she will never go back to performing FGM

calendar_today23 February 2017

Turutea Chelangat, a former circumciser in eastern Uganda, has renounced FGM. © UNFPA Uganda/Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
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For busy garment workers in Lesotho, health care comes on wheels

calendar_today18 October 2016

’Mantina Mphohle receiving health services inside a new mobile clinic, near the factory where she works. © UNFPA Lesotho
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Parliamentarians Spotlight Rights of Women and Girls

calendar_today28 April 2014

<p>A photo presentation at the 6th International Parliamentarians&rsquo; Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action in Stockholm, Sweden. <i>Photo credit: EPF/Kristian Pohl</i> </p>
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Press release

Global Parliamentarians Mark Twentieth Anniversary of "Revolution" in International Development

calendar_today23 April 2014

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UNFPA Patron Addresses Women Deliver Conference in Malaysia

calendar_today30 May 2013

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