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At high-level UN meeting, Afghan women call for support

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Afghan women are calling for continued support for their health, rights and families. Image courtesy of OCHA.
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Afghan women and girls must not be abandoned

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Afghan women and girls must not be abandoned

Afghan women and girls must not be abandoned

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Sep 2021

Author

UNFPA Inter-Country Cooperation Office

Number of pages

72

Publication

South-South Cooperation as a Mode of Engagement: Innovative Programme Solutions

Innovative Programme Solutions

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News

Student midwives persevere amid conflict and pandemic in Afghanistan

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Midwifery students learn critical life-saving skills. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Sexuality education is among teachings by monks in Bhutan

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Throughout Bhutan, monks (like here in Trashi Yangtse District) are teaching young people sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender-based violence. © UNFPA Bhutan/Tshering Penjor
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Young leaders blaze the trail toward a more equitable future

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Maimuna Khatun, 18, lives in a displacement camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, where she volunteers as an interpreter at a learning centre. She also teaches community members about sexual and reproductive health. “I don’t know what lies ahead in my future,” she told UNFPA, adding, “I wish to transfer my knowledge to the next generation.” © UNFPA Bangladesh
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Midwifery training helps doctors, nurses level up their skills in rural China

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Dr. Cairen Sangji conducts an antenatal examination for a local Tibetan woman in Yushu, Qinghai Province. Image courtesy of Yushu County Maternal and Child Health Hospital
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Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya

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A midwife examines a pregnant woman using the portable ultrasound device. © UNFPA Kenya
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Tigray conflict decimates maternal health services, overwhelms health workers

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Ms. Merhawit (right) sits with her aunt at the maternity ward in Suhul Hospital, Shire. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo
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With COVID-19 heralding possible fertility changes, leaders must urgently support women’s rights and choices

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A mobile health clinic, supported by UNFPA and the Spotlight Initiative, brings critical family planning and other services to underserved parts of Mozambique. ©UNFPA Mozambique/Mbuto Machili
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