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Celebrating the journey to motherhood

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Bendu takes her daughter from a midwife at a health centre in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia. © UNFPA/Elena Heatherwick

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Yemen's midwives brave attacks, long treks to save women

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Yemen's midwives brave attacks, long treks to save women

Midwives like Rawthah Ahmed are going to heroic lengths to serve women in need. See more.

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Amid grinding conflict, Yemen’s midwives go to heroic lengths to save lives

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A midwife checks on a newborn during a house call in rural Yemen. Midwives there trek long distances to reach women and babies. © UNFPA Yemen

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Protecting women and girls after the earthquake in Papua New Guinea

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In earthquake-affected Tamande, Mendi, local emergency responders meet with UNFPA staff. © UNFPA

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One year later, flood-affected women in Peru struggle for protection and reproductive health care

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Thousands of women in Piura remain affected by the floods. © UNFPA Peru/Angela Valverde

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Rural midwives help save mothers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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Out's pregnancy is assessed by a midwife during an antenatal home visit. © UNFPA/Ruth Carr

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Five reasons migration is a feminist issue

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The needs of migrant women and girls are falling through the cracks. Izdihar, a Syrian refugee in Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan/Sima Diab

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Delivering into chaos: Gunfire, arson and childbirth in rural Kenya

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Lena Towai with her newborn son. They have been living at a displacement camp in East Pokot County since August 2017. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo

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Mar 2018

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UNPFA, UNICEF and UN Women

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Indigenous Women’s Maternal Health and Maternal Mortality

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From midwife to MP - Advancing the rights of women in the Comoros

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MP Hadjira Oumouri attends the Comorian marathon on International Women’s Day. Her shirt says, "I am more than a mother. I am also a woman with ambition." © UNFPA Comoros/Nasser Youssouf

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Yemen's midwives brave attacks, long treks to save women

Amid grinding conflict, Yemen’s midwives go to heroic lengths to save lives

Protecting women and girls after the earthquake in Papua New Guinea

One year later, flood-affected women in Peru struggle for protection and reproductive health care

Rural midwives help save mothers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Five reasons migration is a feminist issue

Delivering into chaos: Gunfire, arson and childbirth in rural Kenya

Indigenous Women’s Maternal Health and Maternal Mortality

From midwife to MP - Advancing the rights of women in the Comoros

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