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Women and girls in South Sudan battle mounting sexual violence amid conflict and climate crises

calendar_today20 April 2022

Women return from collecting firewood in South Sudan's Unity State, which has seen alarming levels of gender-based violence amid mounting conflict and spiralling climate catastrophes. ©UNFPA South Sudan
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News

Hope on wheels: Emergency maternal health units reach farthest corners of the Philippines

calendar_today19 April 2022

The fishing village of Saint Bernard, in the Southern Leyte Province of the Philippines, saw widepsread destruction from Super Typhoon Rai in December 2021, with hundreds of thousands displaced and many homes obliterated by the storm. © UNFPA/Ezra Acayan
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Risk of sexual violence, unintended pregnancy soars in crisis settings, new report highlights

calendar_today12 April 2022

UNFPA is providing post-rape treatment kits and other essential health supplies in South Sudan. Sexual violence has been widespread since hostilities erupted last month. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka
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Events

Commission on Population and Development, 55th session

calendar_today25 April - 29 April 2022

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In her words: A heavy monsoon, a flooded hospital and twins on the way. A midwife’s story in Bangladesh

calendar_today07 April 2022

Shakila Parvin, a midwife in the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, helped a woman pregnant with twins deliver during heavy flooding that submerged the health facility's maternity ward, knocked out power and destroyed or damaged equipment and supplies. © UNFPA Bangladesh
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Publication date

Dec 2021

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UNFPA

Resources

Easy Read: Our plan to make sure that we include people with disabilities in all our work

The UNFPA Disability Inclusion Strategy

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“I’ve grown a few years in 26 days”: A teenager’s life during wartime

calendar_today01 April 2022

As a youth volunteer helping settle internally displaced persons in Lviv, Viktoria Kravets explains how to fill in residence registration forms. Photo courtesy of Viktoria Kravets
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Video

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s Message at the launch of The State of World Population 2022

calendar_today30 March 2022

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s Message at the launch of The State of World Population 2022

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s Message at the launch of The State of World Population 2022

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Statement at the launch of The State of World Population 2022

calendar_today30 March 2022

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News

8 myths about unintended pregnancy debunked

calendar_today05 May 2022

At 14, Dankay Kanu (right, with a mentor from the 2YoungLives NGO, which helps pregnant girls in Sierra Leone continue their education and find employment) got pregnant by an older man who refused to wear a condom then denied paternity. Though she quit school for a time, she has since returned while raising her now-two-year-old son, Ishmael, alone. "To be a mother at this age is not really easy," she said, "but that will enable me to become stronger." @ UNFPA/Michael Duff
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