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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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Menstruation and human rights - Frequently asked questions

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May 2022

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UNFPA

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Menstruation and human rights - Frequently asked questions

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News

In China, women work to raise the status of girls

calendar_today13 May 2019

Today, Ms. Wen and Ms. Yan see eye-to-eye on the equality of women and girls. © Dushan Township Family Planning Office/Zhang Min
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News

Just like your mother? Seven ways motherhood has changed (or not) in the last 25 years

calendar_today03 May 2019

It's not your mother's motherhood. © UNFPA/Bruno Feder
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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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News

Survivors of gender-based violence get a fresh start in Morocco

calendar_today09 April 2019

Khadija had no income after she left her husband. © UNFPA Morocco
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Press release

World must work harder to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all, says new UNFPA report

calendar_today10 April 2019

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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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News

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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News

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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