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A new flour mill offers unexpected respite from threats of violence in Sudan

A woman walks back from a newly-built flour mill in Shanisha, Blue Nile State. Women and girls in Sudan face constant threats of harassment and violence as they travel long distances, often alone, to reach basic essential services. © UNFPA Sudan

16 November 2023

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Sudan’s women and girls endure six months of conflict with no end in sight

Since the outbreak of the conflict in Sudan, UNFPA has deployed mobile clinics around the country where women and girls can access reproductive health services. © UNFPA Sudan

15 October 2023

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Portable ultrasounds give pregnant women a ray of hope amid crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Anita Bosco, 35, receives an ultrasound scan from UNFPA midwife Kavira Kamate at the Kanyaruchinya health centre in North Kivu, close to the Bujari camp for people displaced by ongoing violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA DRC/Junior Mayindu

27 September 2023

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Not your typical boys’ club: Mozambique’s school meetings engage students against gender-based violence

Cleiton (right) spearheads a group in which his peers take a stand against gender-based violence in their school. © Helder Xavier / UNFPA Mozambique

18 September 2023

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Beating the odds: Resilience, hope and safe births at a UNFPA mobile clinic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Midwife Fyfy Omoyi hands Ms. Bembeleza her newborn, who was delivered safely at the UNFPA mobile health clinic at the Bulengo displacement camp. The camp is currently sheltering more than 100,000 people who have fled brutal conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ©UNFPA DRC/Jonas Yunus

31 August 2023

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“Sometimes she was desperate”: How survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are healing with the help of UNFPA’s frontline workers

Anny* and her daughter were raped at gunpoint while collecting firewood near the Bulengo camp for internally displaced people, where they are taking shelter from the conflict in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA DRC/Junior Mayindu

18 August 2023

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Sexual violence stalks women and girls fleeing Sudan for South Sudan

Every day at the Bulukat transit centre, UNFPA holds sessions on the threat of gender-based violence. Some 85 people attended this one, where they also learned about the services and support available to survivors. © UNFPA Sudan

24 July 2023

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“I want my baby safe, this is all I need.” Supporting women and girls in Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha tears a path of destruction

Women from the village of Say Thamar Kyi receive health care and reproductive health services at a mobile clinic operating in areas affected by Cyclone Mocha, in Rakhine state. © UNFPA Myanmar

03 July 2023

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In Port Sudan, UNFPA helps ensure safe birth for women and girls fleeing violence in Khartoum

A team at the Port Sudan Teaching Hospital assists Omnia in delivering by Caesarean section, just a week after she arrived in the city having fled violence and insecurity in Khartoum. © UNFPA/Sufian Adbulmouty

30 June 2023

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“Sanad is their lifeline”: Inside a UNFPA safe space in Egypt supporting women fleeing conflict in Sudan

19 June 2023

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A new flour mill offers unexpected respite from threats of violence in Sudan

Sudan’s women and girls endure six months of conflict with no end in sight

Portable ultrasounds give pregnant women a ray of hope amid crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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