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After ‘Volcano of Fire’ eruption, women and girls face heightened risks

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Women and girls require security, health care and other services in the aftermath of the disaster. © UNFPA Guatemala/Carlos Sebastián
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UNFPA doctor on the challenges of reaching Rohingya refugees

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UNFPA doctor on the challenges of reaching Rohingya refugees

UNFPA doctor on the challenges of reaching Rohingya refugees

There are more refugees patients than beds at the Sadar District Hospital in Cox's Bazar, where Rohingya refugees are seeing care. See more here

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

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As the monsoon season hits Cox's Bazar, refugees at Kutapalong refugee camp and elsewhere fear they are vulnerable to landslides. © UNHCR/Adam Dean
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Sir Prince Ramsey, Guttmacher Institute and Save a Child’s Heart recognized with UN Population Award

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Martha Pobee, Ghana's Permanent Representative and Chair of the Committee for the United Nations Population Award, together with United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, who serves as the Award Committee's Secretary, at the 2018 UN Population Awards. © UNFPA/ Usenabasi Esiet
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Midwife escapes death after being denied maternal health care

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Najat suffered a traumatic birth injury, and nearly died, after her in-laws refused to take her to a hospital during labour. © National Midwives Association/UNFPA
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Breaking taboos around sexual and reproductive health in rural Georgia

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Young people from the Kakheti region of Georgia participate in peer education training on gender equality and reproductive health and rights. © UNFPA Georgia
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Architect Not Child Bride: A Syrian Girl’s Dream

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Architect Not Child Bride: A Syrian Girl’s Dream

Architect Not Child Bride: A Syrian Girl’s Dream

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.

The Syrian crisis has left hundreds of thousands of adolescent girls vulnerable to child marriage and in need of adequate gender-based violence, sexual education and reproductive health services. UNFPA is helping to fill this void in Jordan, where 42,000 Syrian refugees are girls between the ages of 12 and 17. This is Asma's story. A film by UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert.

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Period shame, misinformation linked to serious human rights concerns

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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
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