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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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Statement for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia 2018

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Sport offers gateway to reproductive health, human rights, peace

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Sport improves confidence and builds community, say youth leaders. © UNFPA Iraq

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Indigenous Women’s Maternal Health and Maternal Mortality

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Two wheelchairs and a stroller: Overcoming barriers to parenthood in Belarus

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Anya Shevko with her daughter Nastya. The family struggled to obtain wheelchair-accessible reproductive health services. Photographed by Denis Zelenko for Imena Magazine

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Statement at the launch of The State of World Population 2017

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Ten actions for a more equal world

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Around the world, vast inequalities have trapped people in a cycle of poverty and marginalization. © Andrea Bruce/Noor

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Oct 2017

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State of World Population 2017

Worlds Apart - Reproductive health and rights in an age of inequality

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With bicycles, impoverished indigenous girls in Guatemala get a taste of freedom

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Indigenous girls in northern Guatemala must often travel great distances to get to school, a factor that leads to high drop out rates. Bicycles help them stay in school. © UNFPA/Alejandro De León

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Taekwondo champion fights gender inequality in Azerbaijan

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Taekwondo champion Farida Azizova (left) encourages young people to speak out against gender discrimination. Image from the Youth for a Better Future campaign.

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Period shame, misinformation linked to serious human rights concerns

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Sport offers gateway to reproductive health, human rights, peace

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Statement at the launch of The State of World Population 2017

Ten actions for a more equal world

State of World Population 2017

Worlds Apart - Reproductive health and rights in an age of inequality

With bicycles, impoverished indigenous girls in Guatemala get a taste of freedom

Taekwondo champion fights gender inequality in Azerbaijan

Period shame, misinformation linked to serious human rights concerns

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