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One year on, Joint Innovation Challenge winners keep up the fight against gender-based violence

SafeYOU’s Natalie Marcaryan, Mariam Torosyan and Lilit Shakhulyan were among the winners of the 2022 Joint Innovation Challenge. © SafeYOU
  • 25 January 2024
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Indigenous men advocate gender equality to benefit women – and men too

Dr. Jaime Castillo encourages men to support their mothers, wives and daughters – just as his father taught him. © UNFPA/Rebecca Zerzan
  • 12 January 2024
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Midwives go door-to-door amid flooding in Peru, reaching thousands with critical health services

Miryam Coello is visited by one of UNFPA’s midwives at her home in the Veintiséis de Octubre district in Piura. © UNFPA Peru
  • 27 December 2023
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Walking the walk: Activist Victoria Rovira Hernández takes a stand on Costa Rica’s ‘bodyright’ runway for trans people and sex workers

Victoria. Rovira Hernández’s video message plays during the bodyright fashion show during Costa Rica’s fashion week. © UNFPA Costa Rica / Yonel Puga
  • 29 November 2023
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Updates

Latin America and the Caribbean Reassert Commitment to Promote the Rights of All People

21 Nov 2023

Officials from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Government of Bolivia and UNFPA close the fifth meeting of the presiding officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development.
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Regional Dialogue with Indigenous People on People-Centred Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

05 Sep 2023

Tarcila Rivera and members of Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas de las Américas weighed in on the status of implementation of the Montevideo Consensus. © CHIRAPAQ
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Defining a Common Agenda for People-Centred Development in the Caribbean

11 Sep 2023

Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA executive director, addresses government, civil society and youth representatives from 22 Caribbean countries and territories during the Caribbean Population and Development Forum.
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Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023

Midwife Rahna visits with new mother, 20-year-old Hanifa, whose home was destroyed in the 7 October earthquake that struck Herat province  in Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan / Ahmad Jamshid Qazizadah
  • 21 December 2023
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An unequal world: Designing a safer, healthier place for women and girls in Argentina, Cameroon and Uganda

Equity 2030 seeks to redesign the world with women in mind. © UNFPA
  • 18 December 2023
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Life-saving support reaches Haiti through UNFPA and partners

Published on: 14/12/2023

Nearly half of the population in Haiti is in need of humanitarian aid and protection.

See how our partner FOSREF and UNFPA —the UN sexual and reproductive health agency —are supporting the most vulnerable people affected by the crisis.

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