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In Uzbekistan, midwives learn to make calls that save lives

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Ms. Jumabayeva assists Ms. Kholmurodova at the maternity ward of the Kanlikul District Health Department in Uzbekistan. © UNFPA Uzbekistan
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A look back at the 2010s: A decade of voices and choices

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The world has seen both peril and promise in the last 10 years.
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In the Sahel, where motherhood is deadliest, midwives are saving lives

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The first woman to give birth at Fatoumata Diallo's clinic named her daughter after the midwife. © Vincent Tremeau/World Bank
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This is how much it will cost to realize the world we want

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In 10 years, the world could achieve three transformative results, at a price tag of only $264 billion, according to new research unveiled at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25. © UNFPA Uganda
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As fighting rages in north-eastern Syria, UNFPA and partners rush to meet the needs of women

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UNFPA is scaling up its activities to provide reproductive health care and support for survivors of violence in north-eastern Syria. © UNFPA Syria
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Icons & Activists: 50 years of people making change

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Nov 2019

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

240

Publication

Icons & Activists: 50 years of people making change

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of UNFPA and the 25th of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, this book showcases the "change makers" who have made substantial contributions to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and population and development more broadly. The purpose of this book is to give some sense of how much has been achieved through the efforts of so many - and perhaps to offer inspiration for the future.

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Imagine a world...

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Imagine a world...

Imagine a world...

Imagine a world where no one is subjected to violence because of their gender, where no girl is forced to marry, where no girl of woman is subjected to female genital mutilation of harmful practice. Imagine a world where every couple can decide freely when and if to have children.

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When health workers harm: the medicalization of female genital mutilation in Egypt

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Community leaders in Assiut Governorate speak about female genital mutilation. © UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Eliminate FGM
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Preventable maternal deaths down from 2000, but rate of progress at a crawl

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The decline in maternal deaths is far from adequate, UNFPA officials say. In Yemen, a pregnant woman with cholera receives care. © UNFPA Yemen
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In this Comorian community, an ambulance horn is music to one’s ears

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The ambulance, provided in 2011, has eased the cost and difficulty of receiving emergency maternal and paediatric care. © UNFPA/Nasser Youssouf
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