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Tanzanian women highlight the path from bodily autonomy to sustainable development

Nurse Salma Mgeni places her arm around Safia Yahya after giving her a contraceptive implant at the Fuoni Health Facility in Zanzibar. For them, it is clear that family planning plays an important role in helping women, families and communities thrive. © UNFPA Tanzania/Karlien Truyens

02 December 2024

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“You don’t see young women in some camps”: Harrowing reports of sexual violence and healthcare attacks in Sudan’s Aj Jazirah State

A UNFPA mobile health team member provides health services for displaced women and children in Gedaref, in eastern Sudan. More than 135,000 people have been displaced from Aj Jazirah state since October 20, following a wave of armed violence. Credit: UNFPA Sudan

19 November 2024

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In Sudan, city’s last remaining hospital shelled: “We need support now”

A newborn in Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital after large portions of the hospital were demolished in artillery fire. © Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital

28 October 2024

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A year of war in Gaza: One mother’s hardships, heartbreak – and hope

Nearly two million people in Gaza have been forced from their homes, many of them repeatedly, since October 2023. ©UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic

25 September 2024

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Urgent call for country leadership and global solidarity to End Maternal and Newborn Deaths by 2030

29 April 2024

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UK announces £4.25 million (c. $5.3 million) for UNFPA’s humanitarian response in the occupied Palestinian territories to support women and girls

25 Feb 2024

The new UK contribution will enable UNFPA to provide more critical reproductive health supplies to Gaza. © UNFPA/Bisan Ouda

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UNFPA embraces femtech to boost period awareness in Burkina Faso and the Republic of Moldova

Participants try out their new IMMI watches as part of a six-month pilot programme in the Republic of Moldova. © UNFPA Moldova

24 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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UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

Midwife Suhila Rasuli on her way to visit a pregnant woman in a remote area of Nimroz province, Afghanistan. © Naqibullah Rahimi/MOVE Afghanistan

16 March 2023

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Countering female genital mutilation in Sudan: “I didn’t know it was possible not to cut my daughter”

Members of a UNFPA-supported community network in Sudan speak to women in about the dangers of female genital mutilation. © UNFPA Sudan

23 March 2023

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