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This World Refugee Day, recognizing the strength and courage of refugees

calendar_today20 June 2018

Ghalia survived her ordeal thanks to the support of other refugees.© UNFPA
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Architect Not Child Bride: A Syrian Girl’s Dream

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Architect Not Child Bride: A Syrian Girl’s Dream

Architect Not Child Bride: A Syrian Girl’s Dream

Since its opening in 2015, over 1,800 young women and men in Zaatari refugee camp have benefitted from trainings on reproductive health and gender-based violence at the Questscope-UNFPA Youth Centre. This is the story of 16-year-old Yanal, who became an advocate against child marriage after learning about its harms at the UNFPA-supported youth centre in Zaatari. A film by UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert.

The Syrian crisis has left hundreds of thousands of adolescent girls vulnerable to child marriage and in need of adequate gender-based violence, sexual education and reproductive health services. UNFPA is helping to fill this void in Jordan, where 42,000 Syrian refugees are girls between the ages of 12 and 17. This is Asma's story. A film by UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert.

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Period shame, misinformation linked to serious human rights concerns

calendar_today07 June 2018

Menstrual health is a serious, but overlooked, issue among vulnerable women. Refugees in Louva, Angola, receive UNFPA-distributed dignity kits, which include sanitary napkins, soap, laundry detergent and other essential hygiene supplies. © UNFPA/Tiril Skarstein
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Fatima: A song to end obstetric fistula

calendar_today30 May 2018

Fatima: A song to end obstetric fistula

Fatima: A song to end obstetric fistula

This song was produced by a Yemeni youth group. It is based on the true story of an obstetric fistula survivor, ‘Fatima,’ who was successfully treated with the support of UNFPA.

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Expanding family planning choices for women in the Philippines

calendar_today17 May 2018

Hannah Gumaro chose to receive a contraceptive implant at a UNFPA-supported family planning session. © UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor
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Statement

Statement for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia 2018

calendar_today17 May 2018

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Fifty years ago, it became official: Family planning is a human right

calendar_today11 May 2018

Women learn about family planning at a clinic in Tunisia in 1987. The right to plan one's family has been a game-changer for women. © UN Photo/John Isaac
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Over coffee, young people in the Maldives discuss sexual and reproductive health

calendar_today24 April 2018

Young women and men come to Safe Space sessions in equal numbers and with equal levels of interest in discussing topics that, otherwise, most don't talk about with anyone else. © UNFPA Maldives/Ashwa Faheem
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One year later, flood-affected women in Peru struggle for protection and reproductive health care

calendar_today19 April 2018

Thousands of women in Piura remain affected by the floods. © UNFPA Peru/Angela Valverde
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