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Meeting women's and girls' needs where they are to prevent and address gender-based violence

Community mobilizer Fatima Ali was displaced from her home in Maiduguri, Nigeria, by flooding in October 2024. She continues her work providing support to women and girls. © UNFPA Nigeria
  • 22 November 2024
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“We say: Yes, you can”: Facing adversity and protecting women in the Peruvian jungle

Dafne Aquino travels long distances in a small boat to reach the most remote communities of indigenous women in the Peruvian Amazon. Credit: UNFPA Peru / Polo Santos
  • 13 September 2024
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Striving for trans pride and indigenous women’s rights in Peru

Published on: 25/06/2024

When Gaby, 27, an indigenous Awajún woman, returned home to Mamayaque, a remote town in Peru’s Amazonas region, she noticed the violence committed by men against women and the discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people.

As a transgender woman, she too faced stigma and discrimination while living and working in Lima and other cities.

25 June 2024

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“Always a fighter”: Afrodescendent activist Lilian León offers solidarity and support to survivors of gender-based violence in northern Perú

Afrodescendent farmer, craftswoman and women’s rights activist Lilian León helps identify and support women at risk of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Perú / Enrique Castro-Mendívil
  • 25 March 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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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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Treating the invisible wounds of violence in Peru

Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez is a psychiatrist in Lima who helps survivors of gender-based violence work through their trauma. "I chose this specialty because I wanted to help people, especially women, in recovering their mental health, and improve their lives," she said. © UNFPA Peru
  • 21 July 2021
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Courts, police and social workers join hands to protect survivors of violence in Peru’s Ayacucho region

The UNFPA-supported CASE Centre offers social and legal support for women survivors of gender-based violence in Ayacucho. © Municipality of Huamanga/Roxana Gomez Leon
  • 16 October 2019
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Venezuelan volunteers provide humanitarian relief to migrants, refugees

Venezuelan migrants on the Colombian border. © Tomer Urwicz
  • 15 July 2019
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