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Forced into early motherhood, a child rape survivor in the Comoros fights stigma to finish school

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Mariama was raped at a neighbour’s home when she was just 13 years old and forced into early motherhood. The Comoros already has high rates of gender-based violence, but many more women and girls don’t report being assaulted or abused for fear of social stigma, discrimination and even financial destitution. © UNFPA Comoros/Melvis Kimbi
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Sexual violence in conflict: Overlooked, under-reported and in danger of being “normalized”

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Accompanied by a mobile medical team, a UNFPA health care worker carries out regular visits to Homs, Syria. © UNFPA Syria
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#ThisIsNotNormal

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5 things to know about motherhood

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Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world throughout the year. In Somalia, above, the day falls in March. © Tobin Jones for UNFPA
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Women and girls in South Sudan battle mounting sexual violence amid conflict and climate crises

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Women return from collecting firewood in South Sudan's Unity State, which has seen alarming levels of gender-based violence amid mounting conflict and spiralling climate catastrophes. ©UNFPA South Sudan
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Fighting for justice against gender-based violence in Madagascar

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Satiana, 8, holds her grandmother's hand before the trial of her rapist at the Ambovombe Court in Madagascar. ©UNFPA Madagascar/Melvis Kimbi
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Urgent funding needed to assist survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Tigray

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Selam (name changed) holds a message in Tigrinya during an exercise at the safe house. Her note says, in English, "relief". © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo
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Women face "unspeakable" sexual violence in South Sudan

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UNFPA is providing post-rape treatment kits and other essential health supplies in South Sudan. Sexual violence has been widespread since hostilities erupted last month. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka
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Healing the Wounds of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Healing the Wounds of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Healing the Wounds of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina may have ended 15 years ago, but for some 20,000 women, the legacy of wartime rape lives on. Women of all ethnic groups are still trying to cope with the psychological effects of violence perpetrated against them.