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From recovery to resilience: Zeynab's story after the earthquakes in Northwest Syria

calendar_today21 February 2024

Thanks to a UNFPA safe space, Zeynab has learned a range of new livelihood skills and is getting back on her feet financially and psychologically following the traumatic earthquakes of February 2023. © Muhannad Barbori/Ihsan Organization.

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Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives

calendar_today26 February 2024

UNFPA and UNICEF’s Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation works with grassroots activists to encourage communities to abandon the practice. © UNFPA Somalia

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UNFPA urges leaders to address gendered, discriminatory impacts of climate change at COP28

calendar_today29 November 2023

The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) will run from 30 November to 12 December in Dubai. © United Nations

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Raising the voices of survivors to create a generation free from female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

calendar_today08 February 2024

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

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Human Rights Day 2023

calendar_today10 December 2023

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UNFPA Strategy and Operational Plan to Scale-up and Strengthen Interventions on Gender-based Violence in Emergencies, 2023-2025: Executive Summary

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Stopping violence against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

calendar_today02 October 2023

https://youtu.be/JMywYIbhzLU

Stopping violence against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

*Pierette almost died after being raped by two bandits while she was fetching wood in the forest.

See her story and how UNFPA came to her aid.

*Name changed for protection

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Not your typical boys’ club: Mozambique’s school meetings engage students against gender-based violence

calendar_today18 September 2023

Cleiton (right) spearheads a group in which his peers take a stand against gender-based violence in their school. © Helder Xavier / UNFPA Mozambique

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After flooding and rains devastate Peru, survivors of gender-based violence find safety and services at UNFPA-supported shelter

calendar_today21 August 2023

Cyclone Yaku and the El Niño weather phenomenon have forced more than 110,000 people from their homes and into temporary shelters like La Molina II. © UNFPA Perú

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France commits 1.5 million dollars to UNFPA to empower survivors of gender-based violence in Iraq

calendar_today09 February 2022

The new agreement with France will allow UNFPA to create three women protection centres for women survivors of violence in Iraq and support one women's shelter. © UNFPA Iraq

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From recovery to resilience: Zeynab's story after the earthquakes in Northwest Syria

Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives

UNFPA urges leaders to address gendered, discriminatory impacts of climate change at COP28

Raising the voices of survivors to create a generation free from female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

Human Rights Day 2023

UNFPA Strategy and Operational Plan to Scale-up and Strengthen Interventions on Gender-based Violence in Emergencies, 2023-2025: Executive Summary

Stopping violence against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Not your typical boys’ club: Mozambique’s school meetings engage students against gender-based violence

After flooding and rains devastate Peru, survivors of gender-based violence find safety and services at UNFPA-supported shelter

France commits 1.5 million dollars to UNFPA to empower survivors of gender-based violence in Iraq

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