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"We are not in a safe place": Survivors struggle in aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth

calendar_today14 May 2019

"We are not in a safe place": Survivors struggle in aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth

"We are not in a safe place": Survivors struggle in aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth

In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, survivors of Cyclone Kenneth share their struggles about living in crowded shelters. UNFPA is responding with maternal health support and other services.

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Survivors of gender-based violence get a fresh start in Morocco

calendar_today09 April 2019

Khadija had no income after she left her husband. © UNFPA Morocco
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Spotlight Initiative to Tackle Gender-Based Violence in Pacific Islands

calendar_today07 March 2019

Dr. Natalia Kanem represented the United Nations at a high-level Spotlight Initiative event in Samoa. © UNFPA Pacific/Navinesh Kumar
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Fear and exhaustion shadow Venezuelan women on the long trek to Peru

calendar_today28 February 2019

“We have been traveling for a week without being able to sleep, take a shower or eat well. I get tired easily, and have vomiting and headaches," said Mariana, who is five months pregnant. © UNFPA Peru
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Dreams without borders: Britney's journey from Venezuela

calendar_today28 February 2019

Dreams without borders: Britney's journey from Venezuela

Dreams without borders: Britney's journey from Venezuela

“I have been told that it was too dangerous to travel alone, but I did it for my family’s and my own well-being,” said Britney, 18, part of a mass exodus of people leaving Venezuela in search of a better future. UNFPA is supporting her and other women with services at the CEBAF centre. See more about her journey here.

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Female Islamic preachers call for women’s rights, contraception in Niger

calendar_today27 February 2019

In this Islamic study group, older women bring up questions that younger women are too embarrassed to raise. © UNFPA WCARO/Habibou Dia
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118-truck convoy delivers urgent aid to stranded residents in Rukban, Syria

calendar_today16 February 2019

UNFPA brought critical reproductive health supplies to resident of the settlement, where conditions are dire. © UN in Syria
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Survivor-centred aid for women and girls from Mosul

calendar_today25 February 2019

Christos Stylianides, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, and Alexander De Croo, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Finance and Development Cooperation, visited Hammam Al-Aleel camp for internally displaced persons in Mosul. © UNFPA Iraq
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To tackle domestic violence, Ukraine looks to UNFPA’s mobile assistance teams

calendar_today17 January 2019

More than 50 UNFPA mobile teams are currently working in the country, serving thousands. © UNFPA/Maks Levin
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Top 5 things you didn’t know about female genital mutilation

calendar_today05 February 2019

Asha lays out the tools she uses to perform female genital mutilation in Somalia. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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