News

Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia

calendar_today06 July 2021

Traditional midwives are working with health systems to provide both modern and traditional care to expectant mothers. © UNFPA Colombia
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News

Gender equality is the key to a better future for all, world leaders and youth activists agree at Paris Forum

calendar_today30 June 2021

“It is now time to deliver,” said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the opening ceremony of the Generation Equality Forum. © Service photo du Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères
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News

Pandemic, conflict continue to upend life for women in Yemen

calendar_today29 June 2021

A reproductive health worker exits a tent in a displacement camp where she is providing services. UNFPA is the sole provider of life-saving reproductive health services in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
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operational guidance responding health and protection needs people selling sex

Publication date

2021

Author

UNFPA, UNHCR

Number of pages

84

Publication

Operational guidance - Responding to the health and protection needs of people selling or exchanging sex in humanitarian settings

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Publication date

Jun 2021

Author

UNFPA, Women Enabled International, UN Women

Resources

‘Know Your Rights!’ Guide

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Publication date

Jun 2021

Author

UNFPA, Women Enabled International, UN Women

Resources

Checklist for Preventing and Addressing Gender-Based Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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News

Helping women and girls claim their bodily autonomy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

calendar_today09 June 2021

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and East and Southern Regional Director Julitta Onabanjoeets with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege as well as community members, advocates and survivors. © UNFPA/Luis Tato
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Publication date

Jun 2021

Author

UNFPA and Women Enabled International

Number of pages

68

Publication

The Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Girls with Disabilities

A Global Assessment and Case Studies on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Gender-Based Violence, and Related Rights

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News

After giving birth under a bridge amid hurricane wreckage, recovery remains a distant prospect for Honduran mother

calendar_today03 June 2021

A pregnant woman receives care at a shelter in the aftermath of two devastating storms in Honduras. © UNFPA Honduras
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News

Urgent funding needed to assist survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Tigray

calendar_today27 May 2021

Selam (name changed) holds a message in Tigrinya during an exercise at the safe house. Her note says, in English, "relief". © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo
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