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A digital cry for help: Big data study in Asia-Pacific provides key signposts to violence against women amid COVID-19

calendar_today05 March 2021

A new study found online searches related to violence against women and assistance spiked during pandemic lockdowns in eight Asian countries. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Prince Naymuzzaman | Photo for representational purposes only and does not relate to this story or the survivor of gender-based violence featured in this story.
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Women supporting women: Delivering vital services and lifesaving care around the world

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<p>Women like Kelsang Tshomo, a bus conductor in Bhutan, support women by educating other conductors and drivers&nbsp;on gender-based violence to address it in their own lives and those of public transportation passengers.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Bhutan/Sunita Giri</p>

<p>Other innovations on wheels include mobile clinics, like those in remote and conflict-affected parts of&nbsp;Ukraine, where Dr. Ievghenia Kyslytsia, a gynaecologist, examines women for reproductive cancers. &copy; UNFPA Ukraine</p>

<p>Sometimes supporting women&nbsp;comes after a change of mind. Kokarupe Lorwu, Methani Chepurai Lokuda and&nbsp;Chepchongil Cheleston are former cutters in Kenya who, now in their 70s, are&nbsp;speaking out against female genital mutilation for younger generations of women.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Kenya/Luis Tato</p>

<p>Other times, that support comes from changing people&#39;s&nbsp;minds. Flavia Buitrón belongs to an organization of Quechua women in Peru that raises awareness of indigenous women&#39;s issues.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Peru</p>

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Women supporting women: Female bus conductors drive out violence in Bhutan

calendar_today01 March 2021

Kelsang Tshomo is a bus conductor and peer counsellor working to eradicate gender-based violence among fellow female conductors and passengers on public transportation. © UNFPA Bhutan/Sunita Giri
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In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price

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Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani holds Abia's newborn baby shortly after delivery. Abia lost a lot of blood during childbirth. © UNFPA Yemen
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Amid conflict, displacement, pandemic, Syrian girls see a future in… robots

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Bana, 12, enjoys learning about robotics at a women's and girls' safe space in northwest Syria. Image courtesy of Ihsan Relief and Development
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Safe spaces in Colombia offer respite to Venezuelan migrants

calendar_today25 February 2021

Women at a safe space in Saravena, Arauca, one of 19 in Colombia that serve Venezuelan migrants who are survivors of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Colombia
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The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 2021

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As global cases of COVID-19 hit grim milestones and exacerbate other crises, UNFPA strengthens resolve to save lives

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Midwife Prasansa Budha Lama examines a new mother and baby on the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. During lockdown, UNFPA-supported midwives provided telecounselling and helpline services, communicating with pregnant and postpartum women via social networks and messaging apps. © UNFPA Nepal
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The Executive Director’s IASC Championship on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment

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The diplomatic community lends a hand to help women’s shelters in Bosnia and Herzegovina

calendar_today25 January 2021

Dijana Tadić, executive director of the organization Žena BiH, which runs the women's shelter in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A recent philanthropic event benefited the eight shelters in the country. © Edin Palata for UNFPA
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