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Health workers can treat, empower survivors of gender-based violence

Survivors of gender-based violence require a full range of services, from medical care to counselling to legal support. © UNFPA Iraq

22 March 2018

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UNFPA aid reaches Deir Ez-Zor City for the first time in three years

UNFPA delivered hygiene supplies to the city of Deir Ez-Zor, which had been inaccessible to humanitarians for three years. © Syrian Arab Red Crescent

15 September 2017

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On Valentine's Day, say #IDONT

Photographer Vincent Tremeau traveled to communities in Nepal and Iraq where girls face a heightened risk of child marriage. He asked what they want to be when they grow up. Punita, 14, wants to be a teacher. © Vincent Tremeau

10 February 2017

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Largest humanitarian aid delivery reaches tens of thousands in Mosul

For the first time in over two weeks, security conditions permitted humanitarian groups to access eastern Mosul. © UNICEF Iraq/2016/Khuzaie

09 December 2016

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After escape, former ISIL slaves face new challenges

The Dohuk Women's Centre offers specialized, sensitive care for survivors of ISIL's brutality. © UNFPA/Khetam Malkawi

30 November 2016

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Iraq centre brings specialized care to gender violence survivors

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

18 November 2016

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Women’s health needs critical as battle for Mosul intensifies

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

03 November 2016

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Emerging from slavery, Yazidi women struggle to recover

Dozens of survivors of abduction and enslavement are receiving care at a UNFPA-supported women’s centre in northern Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq

08 August 2016

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Displaced Iraqi women, youth receive psychosocial support

Nada (name changed) and her siblings sit in a tent in the Khanke Camp for displaced Iraqis, in Dohuk. They were forced to flee when their community was attacked by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS). Photo credit: UNFPA/Millat Horiri

13 October 2014