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Health facilities, safe spaces reinforced as monsoon rains threaten Rohingya refugees

As the monsoon season hits Cox's Bazar, refugees at Kutapalong refugee camp and elsewhere fear they are vulnerable to landslides. © UNHCR/Adam Dean
  • 02 July 2018
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Re-advertisement- NATIONAL POST: Programme Specialist – Gender and Gender Based Violence (GBV)

  • Level: NOC
  • Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
  • Closing date: 31 Jul 2018 05:00 PM (Africa/Maputo)
  • Duty station: Harare, Zimbabwe

Architect Not Child Bride: A Syrian Girl’s Dream

Published on: 19/06/2018

Since its opening in 2015, over 1,800 young women and men in Zaatari refugee camp have benefitted from trainings on reproductive health and gender-based violence at the Questscope-UNFPA Youth Centre. This is the story of 16-year-old Yanal, who became an advocate against child marriage after learning about its harms at the UNFPA-supported youth centre in Zaatari. A film by UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert.

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Specialist, Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar Country Office, P-3

  • Level: P-3
  • Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
  • Closing date: 29 Jun 2018 05:00 PM (America/New_York)
  • Duty station: Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar

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Period shame, misinformation linked to serious human rights concerns

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
  • 07 June 2018
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In Türkiye, a safe haven for Syrian refugee survivors

Fatima now works as a health mediator at a UNFPA-supported safe space, helping other women and girls. © UNFPA Türkiye
  • 01 June 2018
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Programme Specialist, GBViE (Temporary Appointment), Sub-Office, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, P-4

  • Level: P-4
  • Contract type: Temporary Appointment
  • Closing date: 05 Jun 2018 05:00 PM (America/New_York)
  • Duty station: Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

International Consultant: Gender Based Violence Shelter

  • Level: Consultant
  • Contract type: Consultancy
  • Closing date: 29 May 2018 05:00 PM (Africa/Juba)
  • Duty station: Juba, South Sudan

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First monsoon rains descend on Rohingya refugee camps, omen of challenges ahead

Early monsoon rains have arrived in Cox's Bazar, reigniting fears about the health and safety of refugees. A refugee woman in a muddy camp in late 2017. © UNFPA/Prince Naymuzzaman
  • 27 April 2018
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A young activist in Malawi campaigns to keep girls out of marriage and in school

Drawing on her own experience being married as a child – and then getting back to school – Jenipher Sanni has become a mentor for girls in her community. © UN Foundation/GirlUp
  • 10 May 2018
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