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Perilous conditions for pregnant women displaced in northern Syria

calendar_today19 March 2018

A UNFPA-supported mobile team performs an ultrasound for a pregnant woman displaced from Afrin. © UNFPA Syria/Sufian Abdulmouty
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Violence knows no borders: Leaders, activists take on horrors of gender-based violence

calendar_today16 March 2018

Violence against women and girls is pervasive throughout the world. A rape kit in South Sudan. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka
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Mayon volcano eruption displaces pregnant women and new mothers in Philippines

calendar_today22 February 2018

Mount Mayon volcano erupted in January, affecting over 88,000 people. © OCHA/G. Arevalo
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Escaping violence, refugee mothers in Angola find relief in safe childbirth

calendar_today21 February 2018

Yvonne Mboi gave birth to healthy twins after fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA/Tiril Skarstein
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Displaced by crisis, South Sudan midwifery students focus on saving mothers

calendar_today09 February 2018

Nyomon Lilian attends to a mother and her newborn at the Juba Teaching Hospital. © UNFPA South Sudan
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A safe pregnancy is every woman’s right: Midwifery care saves lives in Myanmar

calendar_today07 February 2018

Ngun Hlei survived a serious pregnancy complication, thanks to her midwife. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Empowering local first responders to reach refugee and migrant women

calendar_today17 January 2018

Syrian refugee Tayma Abzali gave birth to her daughter, Helen, last September in Greece. Lynsey Addario for Time
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New clinic brings reproductive health care to Syria’s underserved Al-Tabqa

calendar_today24 January 2018

A staff member at the newly opened clinic attends to a newborn baby. Image from UNFPA Syria and Al Mawadda
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Humanitarian Action 2018 Overview

Publication date

Jan 2018

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

23

Publication

Humanitarian Action 2018 Overview

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After Peru floods, women emerge as leaders, advocates

calendar_today04 January 2018

Lily emerged as a leader after floods displaced thousands in and around Íllimo. © UNFPA Peru/Angela Valverde
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