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2,000 More African Communities End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in 2011

06 February 2012

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Sudan: The Campaign against Cutting Goes to School

The Joint Programme is working to protect young girls like these from the trauma of female genital mutilation/cutting.

02 February 2012

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Daring to Speak About HIV Prevention in Morocco and Egypt

In Morocco, married women have little access to information on HIV prevention. Photo by see Wah/Wikimedia Commons

01 December 2011

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UNFPA Supports Iran’s 2011 Census

An enumerator at work in southern Tehran in November. Staff from UNFPA and the Statistical Center of Iran also helped with the census.

23 November 2011

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Lacking Sanitary Pads, Girls Miss School in Dadaab Refugee Camp

18 November 2011

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Saving a Girl in Dadaab From More Suffering

18 November 2011

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One Mother Delivers Triplets in Safety: Others are Not So Lucky

On 15 September, Hawa's three tiny babies were delivered at the maternity shelter by Caesarean section

07 October 2011

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Desperation Pushes Somali Refugees into Dangerous Territory

In addition to hunger, thirst and fatigue, Somalia women risk sexual assults to get themselves and their children to the camp at Dadaab,Photo:Lynsey Addario

07 October 2011

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No Direction Home: A Generation Shaped by Life in Dadaab

Aden lbrahim was born in the Dadaab settlement, which was also in its infancy twenty years ago. Photo:Kenneth Odiwuor

04 October 2011

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Heeding the Call: A Tunisian Midwife Becomes a Humanitarian Worker

When a humanitarian crisis erupted near her town, Bochra Ben Teib found that her midwifery skills were in high demand.

19 August 2011

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