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Canada provides $21 million to boost access to family planning, reproductive health services in Pakistan

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A doctor explains the benefits and impact of family planning in a mobile clinic in Chakwal, Punjab. © UNFPA/Asad Zaidi
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In Mauritania, imams take to radio waves to say child marriage is against Islam

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At the radio station in Selibabi, Mauritania. © World Bank/Vincent Tremeau
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As fighting rages in north-eastern Syria, UNFPA and partners rush to meet the needs of women

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UNFPA is scaling up its activities to provide reproductive health care and support for survivors of violence in north-eastern Syria. © UNFPA Syria
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With Sweden, strengthening midwifery care worldwide

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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem meets with midwifery students at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. © UNFPA/Pernille Fenger
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Italian region of Lombardy announces new support for UNFPA Supplies

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UNFPA is helping to educate women about family planning options in least developed countries like South Sudan. © UNFPA/Annette Poni
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Republic of Korea commits $1 million to UNFPA's humanitarian action thematic fund

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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem meets Republic of Korea Vice Foreign Minister Lee Taeho. Photo courtesy of the Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Global efforts show progress on making women and girls feel safe

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The comprehensive sexuality education workshops in Jujuy create safe spaces for youth to speak freely. © UNFPA Argentina/Clara Campos
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Leaders call on world to end scourge of gender violence

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South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have seen particularly widespread sexual and gender-based violence, both during and in the aftermath of conflict. © UNFPA DRC
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As Nairobi Summit approaches, time to move from talk to action on commitments

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From left to right and top to bottom: Saitoti Torome, Principal Secretary of the State Department of Planning at Kenya's National Treasury; UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem; and Rasmus Prehn, Development Cooperation Minister of Denmark. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Usiet
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