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Studies show severe toll of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health, rights around the world

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School closures have put young people at risk, researchers say. Pictured, a UNFPA-supported boarding school in Kenya, photographed in November 2020. © UNFPA ESARO

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Bodily autonomy: Busting 7 myths that undermine individual rights and freedoms

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Serbian women with disabilities shatter taboos, transform health services amid pandemic

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Mónika Zsúnyi and other advocates are making their local communities and health systems more inclusive. Image courtesy of Mónika Zsúnyi

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Dominican Republic project champions welfare of mothers amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Mobile clinics deliver last-mile reproductive health care in Madagascar

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Sudan sees expanded life-saving reproductive health services, with women at the helm

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Women in the Shanisha community, in Sudan's Blue Nile State, speak about changes happening since the country's democratic transition. © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty

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Motherhood on the brink: Pregnant women in Yemen under famine and violence

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We must empower women and girls to claim their bodily autonomy, leaders affirm

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Catarina Furtado visits a new mother in a maternity ward. The right to make essential choices, such as when and whether to become a parent, and to see a doctor, must be realized for all, she said. Image courtesy of Catarina Furtado.

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Syria’s decade of conflict takes massive toll on women and girls

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Studies show severe toll of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health, rights around the world

Bodily autonomy: Busting 7 myths that undermine individual rights and freedoms

Serbian women with disabilities shatter taboos, transform health services amid pandemic

State of World Population 2021

My Body is My Own - Claiming the right to autonomy and self-determination

Dominican Republic project champions welfare of mothers amid COVID-19 pandemic

Mobile clinics deliver last-mile reproductive health care in Madagascar

Sudan sees expanded life-saving reproductive health services, with women at the helm

Motherhood on the brink: Pregnant women in Yemen under famine and violence

We must empower women and girls to claim their bodily autonomy, leaders affirm

Syria’s decade of conflict takes massive toll on women and girls

Studies show severe toll of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health, rights around the world

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