Events

Joint side event: "Addressing violence against women and girls in humanitarian contexts in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Health as an entry point."

calendar_today19 March 2018

location_onUnited Nations Headquarters, New York

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Together for Girls - Violence knows no borders

calendar_today13 March 2018

location_onOne UN Plaza, New York

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Ministerial Round Table: “Good practices in the empowerment of rural women and girls, including through prevention of gender-based violence and access to justice, social services and health care”

calendar_today12 March 2018

location_onUnited Nations Headquarters, New York

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News

In Indonesia, family support groups tackle roots of gender violence

calendar_today05 March 2018

Rivaldo Taime, 13, had the courage to seek help for his family. © UNFPA/Matthew Taylor
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News

The rise of a girl hero

calendar_today08 March 2018

Sangita BK is a fierce activist who empowers girls and teaches them to stand up for their human rights. © UNFPA Nepal/Dhana Bahadur Lamsal
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Courageous girls change attitudes about FGM in Ethiopia

calendar_today01 March 2018

Uncut girls club members come together to change attitudes about FGM in the community. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Meron Negash
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Dispatches from the road: UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd on the horrors facing Rohingya refugees

calendar_today26 February 2018

UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador visits Rohingya refugee women at a women-friendly space in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Six months ago, a massive influx of refugees began to pour into Bangladesh, fleeing the violence in Myanmar. © UNFPA/Lauren Anders Brown
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Events

International Women’s Day 2018

calendar_today08 March 2018

location_onGlobal

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Teen moms in Peru pinpoint need for sexuality education, health services

calendar_today19 February 2018

Angie and Jazmin were both teen mothers in Lima, Peru. They both say they did not have access to comprehensive sexuality education. © Paco Chuquiure
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Mozambique programme empowers girls to fight gender inequality, child marriage

calendar_today14 February 2018

Girls in the Raparinga Biz meet in a safe space, where they can freely discuss issues including gender equality, violence and their own struggles. © UNFPA Mozambique
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