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Period shame, misinformation linked to serious human rights concerns

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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

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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 for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia 2018

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

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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

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Drama helps battle child marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Young actors perform a scene from "Ruža," an interactive play about the harms of child marriage. Photo by Almir Panjeta for UNICEF/UNFPA BiH

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Sport offers gateway to reproductive health, human rights, peace

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Five reasons migration is a feminist issue

calendar_today09 April 2018

The needs of migrant women and girls are falling through the cracks. Izdihar, a Syrian refugee in Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan/Sima Diab

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Fatima: A song to end obstetric fistula

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Statement for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia 2018

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

Over coffee, young people in the Maldives discuss sexual and reproductive health

One year later, flood-affected women in Peru struggle for protection and reproductive health care

Drama helps battle child marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sport offers gateway to reproductive health, human rights, peace

Five reasons migration is a feminist issue

Period shame, misinformation linked to serious human rights concerns

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