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Sexuality education is among teachings by monks in Bhutan

calendar_today23 August 2021

Throughout Bhutan, monks (like here in Trashi Yangtse District) are teaching young people sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender-based violence. © UNFPA Bhutan/Tshering Penjor
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Addressing the Specific Needs of Women Who Use Drugs - Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B and C and Syphilis

Publication date

2021

Author

UNODC, UNFPA, INPUD, UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO

Number of pages

32

Publication

Addressing the Specific Needs of Women Who Use Drugs - Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B and C and Syphilis

Technical Brief

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operational guidance responding health and protection needs people selling sex

Publication date

2021

Author

UNFPA, UNHCR

Number of pages

84

Publication

Operational guidance - Responding to the health and protection needs of people selling or exchanging sex in humanitarian settings

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Updates

Canada funding supports sustainable reproductive health and protection services in Iraq

calendar_today08 May 2018

New funding from Canada will support sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in Iraq, as they rebuild their lives after conflict. © UNFPA Iraq
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Updates

Norway supports the health, protection and empowerment of adolescents and youth in Ethiopia

calendar_today07 December 2018

The agreement was signed on 22 November in Addis Ababa, by (from left) Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Representative to Ethiopia; Merete Lundemo, Ambassador of the Royal Norwegian Embassy to Ethiopia; Hiwot Hailu, State Minister of Women, Children and Youth Affairs of Ethiopia; and UNFPA Country Representative Bettina Maas. © UNICEF Ethiopia
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Updates

Canada convenes parliamentarians to accelerate achievement of ICPD Programme of Action

calendar_today23 November 2018

Parliamentarians and experts from over 70 countries assembled at the 7th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet
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A call to protect women and girls on the move

calendar_today05 October 2018

Rohingya refugee girls participate in classes on sexual and reproductive health and life skills at a UNFPA-supported safe space in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The space offers a place to connect with peers and gain support, care and knowledge to help them stay healthy and safe amidst the hardships of forced displacement. © UNFPA/Carly Learson
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Breaking taboos around sexual and reproductive health in rural Georgia

calendar_today21 June 2018

Young people from the Kakheti region of Georgia participate in peer education training on gender equality and reproductive health and rights. © UNFPA Georgia
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News

Period shame, misinformation linked to serious human rights concerns

calendar_today07 June 2018

Menstrual health is a serious, but overlooked, issue among vulnerable women. Refugees in Louva, Angola, receive UNFPA-distributed dignity kits, which include sanitary napkins, soap, laundry detergent and other essential hygiene supplies. © UNFPA/Tiril Skarstein
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Updates

With Australia, working towards zero unmet need for family planning in the Pacific island countries

calendar_today16 May 2018

A woman holding a dignity kit stands with her two children outside their home in ‘Eua, which was damaged when Tropical Cyclone Gita hit Tonga in February 2018. © Tomoko Kurokawa/UNFPA Pacific
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