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Women and girls in Pakistan need urgent health and protection services amid epic flood disaster

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Two girls displaced by torrential monsoon rains and flash flooding in Pakistan sit by the roadside with the remains of their belongings in Khairpur Mirs, Sindh province. Among those affected by the emergency are nearly 130,000 pregnant women in need of urgent health services – more than 42,000 of whom are due to give birth in the next three months. © UNFPA Pakistan/Kashif Ahmed Memon
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In Lao PDR, midwives provide life-saving and culturally competent care to the country’s ethnic communities

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Ms. Jepeu at her office with colleagues and patients. © UNFPA Lao PDR
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Midwives in Afghanistan defy constraints and crises to save lives of women and newborns

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Midwife Minaz Bibi provides midwifery services for women affected by the earthquake in the Gayan district of Paktika, Afghanistan, in June 2022. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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The journey to becoming a midwife in Mexico

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The journey to becoming a midwife in Mexico

The journey to becoming a midwife in Mexico

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UNFPA research reveals that nearly a third of all women in developing countries become mothers during adolescence

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From cyclones to safe births, midwives stay and deliver in Madagascar

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Midwife Marie Nancy Christiane holds newborn baby Noelia after helping to deliver her in a UNFPA emergency maternity tent in Mananjary, in Madagascar’s southeastern Vatovavy region. © UNFPA/Tsiry Fy-Tia Solofomihanta
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Family health houses save lives, employ women, in rural Afghanistan

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Midwife Laila Amini checks on a mother and newborn at the Arkalik Village Family Health House. Photo Image courtesy of AADA.
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Parents react to stories of mothers from around the world on Mother's Day

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Parents react to stories of mothers from around the world on Mother's Day

Parents react to stories of mothers from around the world on Mother's Day

This Mother's Day, we invited parents into our studio to read stories of mothers from around the world. Watch what happens next…

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Empowering and investing in midwives could save millions of lives each year

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Midwives in Morocco, like Amina Al Ammari, played a critical role in responding to the pandemic while also tending to pregnant women, new mothers and newborns. © UNFPA Morocco
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