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Récits de violence : 16 objets illustrent la réalité de la violence basée sur le genre à travers le monde
« Voici ce qui reste de mes dents après avoir été battue par mon mari », a témoigné Ameera* depuis un refuge pour femmes dans le nord-ouest du Yémen.
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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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Grossesse secrète aux Comores : l’histoire d’une adolescente
Sara* avait 17 ans quand elle a découvert qu’elle était enceinte. Elle vivait dans un village rural des Comores et a mené sa grossesse à terme dans le plus grand secret, jusqu’à son accouchement dans les toilettes d’un…
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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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“Your voice is your weapon”: Taking on sexual harassment in Egypt
“Your fear is controlling you,” instructor Amany Abdel-Aal told a roomful of women at a Wen-Do self-defence class, held in a cheerfully painted youth centre on the outskirts of Cairo.
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