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Namibian hackathon takes on scourge of gender violence

calendar_today05 December 2016

Namibian techies spent a hectic 24 hours creating innovations to tackle gender-based violence. Team Amani celebrates their win. © UNFPA Namibia/Emma Mbekele
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Video

Reversing the Trend

calendar_today25 November 2016

Reversing the Trend

Reversing the Trend

In this video, made to mark the International Day for Elimination of Gender-based Violence, artist and activist Rand Jarallah uses her face as a canvas to show the horrors of violence against women, one of the most prevalent human rights abuses in the world. Learn more about how activists are working to end violence against women.

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Iraq centre brings specialized care to gender violence survivors

calendar_today18 November 2016

Case workers finish a meeting at the survivors' centre in Dohuk. The facility provides a full range of support services for survivors of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Iraq/Turchenkova
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Families increasingly resort to child marriage as Yemen’s conflict grinds on

calendar_today16 November 2016

Hana’a was married off at 15. She endured brutal violence at the hands of her husband. © UNFPA Yemen
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Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

calendar_today31 October 2016

Violence against women was widespread even before the current conflict, but experts say abuses are becoming even more commonplace. A women's shelter in a port city in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
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Cover page of State of World Population 2016

Publication date

Oct 2016

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

116

State of World Population

State of World Population 2016

10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age

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Fifty years after a terrible childbirth injury, Kenyan woman gets a new lease on life

calendar_today10 October 2016

Jumwa Kabibu Kai, 77, with Kilifi County Governor Amason Kingi, at an event raising awareness about fistula. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo
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New rules to help end child marriage in Cameroon

calendar_today06 October 2016

Faouzia Yaya was forced into marriage three years ago. A new penal code has just been adopted to prevent such marriages. © UNFPA Cameroon
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“I am a prey to all men”: Refugee women endure poverty, harassment, isolation

calendar_today03 October 2016

Muna was left to fend for her children alone in the Domiz refugee camp in Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq/Khetam Malkawi
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Publication date

Sep 2016

Author

UNFPA Ukraine

Resources

Ukraine Humanitarian Newsletter, Issue 04, September 2016

UNFPA has delivered a total of 370 sexual and reproductive health kits (including for post-rape treatment) and 38,000 gynaecological kits to hospitals and clinics in conflict-affected regions of eastern Ukraine since beginning its humanitarian response in September 2014.

These supplies, delivered as part of UNFPA’s continuing work with Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Policy to address the needs of the most vulnerable, help ensure access to reproductive health services and save the lives of mothers and newborns.