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Learning Opportunities Help Syrian Women Cope with Camp Life

08 November 2012

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Delivering Babies and Smiles to Syrian Refugees

A social media campaign, <a href="http://www.safebirthevenhere.org/">Safe Birth, Even Here</a>, highlights the importance of maternal health in emergency situations.

17 October 2012

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Reaching the Most Vulnerable Amid the Violence in Syria

Women and children fleeing from the violence in Syria.  Photo: UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi

12 October 2012

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Syrian Refugee Delivers Safely in a UNFPA-Supported Clinic

Syrian refugee Radwah Shalabi and her husband with their two-week old son, who they named Abdullah after the King of Jordan (Photo by Raad Adayleh).

25 September 2012

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Delivering Sensitive Reproductive Health Care to Syrian Refugees in Jordan

A pregnant refugee from the violence in Syria surveys the camp where her baby will soon be born.Photo: Raed Addayleh

12 September 2012

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Delivering Support to Syrian Women as the Crisis Worsens

UNFPA is working to ensure that the specific needs of women and girls are factored into the humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis. Photo by F Juez/UNHCR

02 August 2012

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Giving Life is the Leading Cause of Death for Women in South Sudan

25 July 2012

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South Sudan Commemorates its First Birthday

The first year since South Sudan achieved independence has been one of  challenges as well as achievements.

09 July 2012

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In Sudan: Changing Labels, Changing Lives

These uncut girls, in their Saleema colors, are being celebrated for their status as being "perfect, whole, as God made them".

15 June 2012

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Obstetric Fistula in Pakistan - Another Blight on the Child Bride

17 April 2012

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