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“They would be taking us in as wives”: Boko Haram survivors recount horrors, escape

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Hauwa gave birth to her son while escaping Boko Haram. Now, they are receiving health and counselling services at a rehabilitation centre in Maiduguri. © UNFPA Nigeria/Kori Habib

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UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #50 1-31 October 2016

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Iraq centre brings specialized care to gender violence survivors

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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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Return of Chibok girls highlights needs of women and girls

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Women and girls are at risk in Boko Haram-affected areas. © OCHA/Ó. Fagan

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Conflict, poverty, poor health conditions a deadly mix for mothers in South Sudan

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Midwife Justine Mangwi was not able to save the newborn's mother. © UNFPA South Sudan

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Risks to women and girls soar in hurricane-slammed Haiti

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Urgent action is required to protect the lives of thousands of women and girls. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright

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Women’s health needs critical as battle for Mosul intensifies

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A displaced family walks under a sky blackened by burning oil wells in Qayyarah, south of Mosul. Nineteen oil wells were set ablaze as ISIL retreated from the area. © OCHA/ Themba Linden

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With high child marriage rates among Syrian refugees, one girl takes a stand

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Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

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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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Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”

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Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on 4 October, unleashing the greatest devastation the country has seen since the 2010 earthquake. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright

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“They would be taking us in as wives”: Boko Haram survivors recount horrors, escape

Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #50 1-31 October 2016

Iraq centre brings specialized care to gender violence survivors

Return of Chibok girls highlights needs of women and girls

Conflict, poverty, poor health conditions a deadly mix for mothers in South Sudan

Risks to women and girls soar in hurricane-slammed Haiti

Women’s health needs critical as battle for Mosul intensifies

With high child marriage rates among Syrian refugees, one girl takes a stand

Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”

“They would be taking us in as wives”: Boko Haram survivors recount horrors, escape

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