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UNFPA scales up response after Iraq earthquake
In the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that struck the Iraq-Iran border on 12 November, UNFPA has scaled up its emergency response to meet the needs of women and girls.
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Una historia de violencia: 16 objetos muestran la realidad de la violencia de género en el mundo
“Eso es lo único que quedó de mis dientes después de haber sido golpeada por mi esposo,” comenta Ameera*, una víctima de violencia que se encuentra en un albergue para mujeres en la región suroeste de Yemen.
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In Pakistan, empowering midwives to empower women
Aashu Tresa, 32, remembers when becoming a mother was a life-or-death proposition. When she was growing up, no one in her rural village, Misree Kolhi, gave birth under the care of a trained health worker. “Unskilled,...
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Solar lanterns light perilous path to shared toilets in Myanmar refugee camps
WAINGMAY, Myanmar – Khin Khin shudders when she thinks about walking in the dark from her shelter to the shared toilet. “I never feel safe to go to the toilet at night,” she said.
In Myanmar, 1.5 million...
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For most vulnerable Nigerian women, high rates of traumatic birth injury
“One week after I delivered my second child, I realized that there was an issue,” Aisha told UNFPA from her hospital bed in Maiduguri, in north-east Nigeria. She had developed an obstetric fistula, a devastating...
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Trailblazing all-girl cricket tournament calls for bowling out child marriage
"I often watch boys playing cricket on this ground. But today I caught a glimpse of girl cricketers in action," said Irfan Darji, a 13-year-old spectator at the final match in a trailblazing girls’ tournament...
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In Cambodia, push to end maternal deaths in remote areas
RATANAKIRI, Cambodia – In the remote farming village of Sakreang, in Cambodia’s far north-east, Romam Pcheuk visits pregnant women in their homes. “I keep my eye on the girls who are pale, and those that get pregnant...
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Embarazo secreto en las Comoras: la historia de una adolescente
Sara * tenía 17 años cuando descubrió que estaba embarazada. Vivía en un pueblo rural en las Comoras, llevó todo el embarazo en secreto, y luego dio a luz en el baño de un hospital.
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Two wheelchairs and a stroller: Overcoming barriers to parenthood in Belarus
When Anya Shevko, 29, became pregnant, she had to weigh herself at a recycling centre because the local maternity clinic did not have suitable scales. Even visiting the clinic was difficult because Anya is in a...
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