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“I suffered a lot”: How UNFPA helps women in Guinea heal from obstetric fistula
CONAKRY, Guinea – “It happened at the hospital. I realized I was leaking urine,” fistula survivor Kadiatou Bah told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.
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“It brings me hope”: The impact of universal health coverage for Afghan refugees in Iran
MASHHAD, The Islamic Republic of Iran – ”My mother is in dire need of eye surgery, but the cost of treatment is beyond our means,” said Zahra*, a refugee from Afghanistan. “Both my sister and I work hard to support our…
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ICPD30 Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity and Sustainable Development
Thirty years have passed since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development, where world leaders agreed to put individual rights and dignity at the heart of sustainable development. At a time of…
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Between conflict and climate crises, midwives deliver hope for mothers and newborns in Yemen
HADRAMOUT, Yemen – When Mona began working as a midwife in her local health centre 30 years ago, she was the first in Yemen’s Hadramout Governorate.
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Commission on Population and Development, fifty-seventh session
Thirty years have passed since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development, where world leaders agreed to take concrete action to put human rights – including sexual and reproductive health and…
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Parliamentarians recommit to centring rights and choices in sustainable development
Oslo, Norway - Three decades since the International Conference on Population and Development, where world leaders set out to centre reproductive health and women’s rights in development, more than 170 parliamentarians…
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Eighth International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action
Three decades have passed since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development, where world leaders agreed to take concrete action to put sexual and reproductive health and rights at the heart of…
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Young people shape the future at the ICPD30 Global Youth Dialogue
“This is what young people want. Listen to us!” Shebana Alqaseer from the Young Feminist Collective in the Philippines stated on behalf of more than 300 young people from 130 countries gathered in Cotonou, Benin, at the…
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ICPD30 Global Youth Dialogue
Thirty years have passed since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development, where world leaders agreed to take concrete action to put sexual and reproductive health and rights at the core of…
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