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Violence in Marawi displaces thousands of pregnant women and new mothers

A family opens up a UNFPA-supplied dignity kit at the evacuation centre in the Moneerah Integrated School. © UNFPA

03 July 2017

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Global leaders sign unprecedented commitment to address the needs of youth in crisis settings

Youth volunteers help lead the response to Myanmar's Cyclone Komen in 2015. © UNFPA Myanmar

03 June 2016

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Reaching pregnant women, new mothers in wake of Typhoon Koppu

Jessa Gonzales,19, gave birth in Casiguran District Hospital days after the typhoon. Deliveries were conducted in the emergency room because of extensive damage to the hospital. © UNFPA Philippines/Czar Dancel

09 November 2015

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Reproductive health care critical for pregnant women affected by Typhoon Hagupit

09 December 2014

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Training helps Filipino police officer uncover human trafficking case

Carmela Bastes (standing), a social welfare officer with the Tacloban City Social Welfare Development Office, promotes awareness on gender-based violence and human trafficking in communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan. Photo credit: UNFPA Philippines

18 June 2014

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Sound of Silence: Dealing with the Legacy of Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War

Hasija was one of the first women to testify before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in a case of war rape, in 1996. Her hometown of Rakitnica was set ablaze during the war and her family was expelled. Her father and brother did not survive. Photo credit: Armin Smailovic/Sarajevo, 2010

17 March 2014

Press Release

More Support Still Needed for Health, Protection of Women and Girls 100 Days After Typhoon Haiyan

19 February 2014

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UNFPA Official Hails Heroism of Haiyan Health Workers

31 January 2014

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First Tacloban Born Baby in 2014

A picture of the baby girl and her mother Vivian Aplaca.

31 December 2013

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Effort to Help Filipino Women Falters, UN Says

10 December 2013

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