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Sweden's new contribution towards ending female genital mutilation

03 Jan 2024

In Ethiopia, Zekia is driving positive change in her community to end female genital mutilation. An additional commitment from Sweden will support the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation through collective action and community mobilization. © UNFPA Ethiopia

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Inclusive safe spaces give Yemeni women with disabilities a chance to be their own breadwinners

Nabila sits with a group of women as they learn how to sew and tailor clothes in a livelihood skills training course, held at a UNFPA-supported safe space in Yemen’s Al Hudaydah governorate. © UNFPA Yemen

03 August 2023

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3 months on from the earthquakes, 5 reasons women and girls in Syria and Türkiye still need your support

UNFPA delivers dignity kits and basic health service support to people living in a temporary camp in Şanlıurfa, Türkiye. UNFPA and local partners are providing psychosocial support, dignity kits and health services across temporary camps in Syria and Türkiye. © UNFPA Türkiye/Gözde Kumru Uçak

05 May 2023

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Sweden to invest an additional US$42 million to improve sexual and reproductive health for all in East and Southern Africa

06 Jul 2023

Despite progress, sexual and reproductive health and rights in East and Southern Africa are challenged by structural, social and health system barriers. One in five women who need to use modern contraceptives are not doing so, while one in six adolescents and young women will have experienced gender-based violence by the age of 19. © UNICEF/UN0727720/Abdul

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Violence plagues women and girls amid Yemen’s relentless conflict

Case workers visit clients, monitor their welfare and refer them to services when needed. © UNFPA Yemen

28 February 2023

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Success at Nyarugusu: How one of the world’s largest refugee camps achieved zero maternal deaths in 2022

Not one woman died while giving birth at Nyarugusu refugee camp in 2022 – representing a remarkable achievement. © UNFPA Tanzania/Bright Warren

10 April 2023

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Sweden contributes $18 million to end female genital mutilation with UNFPA and UNICEF

13 Feb 2023

New funds from SIDA, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, will help prevent thousands of women and girls from undergoing female genital mutilation. © UNFPA Uganda/Mathias Mugisha

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Belgium, Germany and Sweden join forces with UNFPA and UNICEF to eliminate female genital mutilation

28 Dec 2022

A group of girls rescued from female genital mutilation and early marriage play hand-clapping games in their dormitories at Morpus primary school in Ortum, West Pokot, Kenya on November 24, 2020. Through the support of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme, the Morpus primary and boarding school has been helping young girls to escape and recover from female genital mutilation and early marriages since 2003, providing education and accommodation. © UNFPA Kenya/Luis Tato

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Girls in Uganda report being lured across the border to undergo female genital mutilation

A delegation of state ministers and district leaders speak with girls at the Kalas primary school in Amudat. The school is a safe haven for the girls fleeing female genital mutilation, child marriage or both. © UNFPA Uganda/Samuel Okiror

26 October 2022

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With support from Sweden, midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo work to reverse maternal and child mortality rates

13 Oct 2022

Sweden's new contribution towards ending female genital mutilation

Inclusive safe spaces give Yemeni women with disabilities a chance to be their own breadwinners

3 months on from the earthquakes, 5 reasons women and girls in Syria and Türkiye still need your support

Sweden to invest an additional US$42 million to improve sexual and reproductive health for all in East and Southern Africa

Violence plagues women and girls amid Yemen’s relentless conflict

Success at Nyarugusu: How one of the world’s largest refugee camps achieved zero maternal deaths in 2022

Sweden contributes $18 million to end female genital mutilation with UNFPA and UNICEF

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Belgium, Germany and Sweden join forces with UNFPA and UNICEF to eliminate female genital mutilation

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Girls in Uganda report being lured across the border to undergo female genital mutilation

With support from Sweden, midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo work to reverse maternal and child mortality rates