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Menstruation is not a girls' or women’s issue – it’s a human rights issue

calendar_today28 May 2019

In India, 15-year-old Priyanka Meena sleeps outside her home when she has her periods. She wears the same clothes and uses the same utensils when she menstruates; these are believed to be unclean. © UNFPA India

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Ending obstetric fistula: Devastating and preventable childbirth injury continues to haunt women

calendar_today21 May 2019

Keflene Yakobo is now a fistula ambassador in her community, helping other women receive treatment and reclaim their lives. © UNFPA Tanzania/Bright Warren

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2019

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Executive Summary: Recommendations of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Regarding SRH&R and GBV

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UNFPA

Publication date

2019

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

180

State of World Population

State of World Population 2019

Unfinished Business: the pursuit of rights and choices FOR ALL

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Vast numbers of women lack decision-making power over their own bodies, says UNFPA flagship report

calendar_today10 April 2019

Marta Paula, from Guinea-Bissau, was hospitalized when she gave birth at 13. Doctors were worried she might die. Today, she calls for young people to have access to family planning. © UNFPA/I. Barbosa

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UNFPA and UNAIDS urge the Government of Brunei Darussalam to repeal new discriminatory and harmful criminal law provisions

calendar_today04 April 2019

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Declaration affirms global support for reproductive health and rights

calendar_today01 April 2019

More than 200 million of women and adolescent girls are not using modern contraceptives even though they want to avoid pregnancy, the 52nd Commission on Population and Development heard today. In Thailand, a UNFPA-supported emergency shelter for pregnant teens. © UNFPA/Ruth Carr

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Health, rights situation critical among women and girls in conflict-scarred Dara’a

calendar_today19 March 2019

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United Nations

Publication date

2014

Author

United Nations

Number of pages

276

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Framework of Actions for the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development

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The Nairobi Summit to Advance the ICPD Programme of Action

calendar_today18 January 2019

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Menstruation is not a girls' or women’s issue – it’s a human rights issue

Ending obstetric fistula: Devastating and preventable childbirth injury continues to haunt women

Executive Summary: Recommendations of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Regarding SRH&R and GBV

State of World Population 2019

Unfinished Business: the pursuit of rights and choices FOR ALL

Vast numbers of women lack decision-making power over their own bodies, says UNFPA flagship report

UNFPA and UNAIDS urge the Government of Brunei Darussalam to repeal new discriminatory and harmful criminal law provisions

Declaration affirms global support for reproductive health and rights

Health, rights situation critical among women and girls in conflict-scarred Dara’a

Framework of Actions for the follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development

The Nairobi Summit to Advance the ICPD Programme of Action

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