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New Ebola outbreak hits women and girls hardest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Active conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is thwarting efforts to deliver life-saving sexual and reproductive health care to women and girls in need. © UNFPA Democratic Republic of the Congo

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One year on, Rohingya women and girls seek safety – and a chance to heal

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Harrowing accounts of gender-based violence have been widely reported. A Rohingya refugee visits a UNFPA-supported women-friendly space. © UNFPA/Allison Joyce

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A father's campaign for midwives in South Sudan

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For midwife Peter Door, spreading awareness about family planning is key to strengthening women's well-being and economic stability. Peter provides information on family planning to a mother in a Rumbek clinic. © UNFPA South Sudan

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“I felt I was in hell” – Escalating hostilities threaten thousands of pregnant women in Yemen’s Hodeidah

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A post-partum mother with her newborn at the Al Thawra Hospital maternity ward. © UNFPA Yemen

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In Türkiye, refugee child marriages drive adolescent pregnancies underground

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Pregnant child brides need extra attention, says Huda, a UNFPA midwife in the Hayati Harrani women's and girl's safe space. “But our hands are tied because so few come for care.” © UNFPA Türkiye/Usenabasi Esiet

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Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

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Family health houses are helping midwives provide reproductive health care in far-flung parts of Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan

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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

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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New Ebola outbreak hits women and girls hardest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

One year on, Rohingya women and girls seek safety – and a chance to heal

A father's campaign for midwives in South Sudan

“I felt I was in hell” – Escalating hostilities threaten thousands of pregnant women in Yemen’s Hodeidah

In Türkiye, refugee child marriages drive adolescent pregnancies underground

H6 Partnership Annual Report 2017

Collective drive to improve the health of women, children and adolescents everywhere

Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

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

UNFPA doctor on the challenges of reaching Rohingya refugees

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

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