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How UNFPA helps elderly Venezuelan migrants and refugees envision their future in Brazil
BOA VISTA, Brazil – “I had a house, a car, everything I needed. When the economic crisis started,…
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“Women are not alone”: Painting a colourful call to end gender-based violence in Brazil
BOA VISTA, Roraima – In December 2022, 12 Venezuelan women and girls gathered at Rio Branco Park in…
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“Men will no longer do what they want with them”: Indigenous women in Brazil say enough to gender-based violence
MANAUS, Brazil – “I saw the change in the women who didn't have courage, who cried with fear in a…
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Pandemic complicates humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and surrounding countries
CARACAS, Venezuela/PACARAIMA, Brazil – News of the COVID-19 pandemic had not reached Horihanny Del…
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Giving girls a voice in Zika-affected communities
GOIANA, Brazil – "I heard at school that Zika is sexually transmitted, and my mother has also…
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Campaign brings condoms, HIV testing and hugs to the Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The Olympics Games is a unique opportunity for countries to promote…
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Brazilian funk music sensation Dream Team do Passinho calls for "More Rights, Less Zika"
BRASÍLIA, Brazil – Funk music stars from Brazil’s favela communities are calling for people to “get…
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Poverty, inequality at the heart of the Zika outbreak
SALVADOR, Brazil – When 30-year-old Greicy Alves was diagnosed with Zika in her first trimester, it…
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Zika outbreak: Ensuring that sexual and reproductive health services are part of the response
SALVADOR, Brazil – Daniela Souza Batista, age 32, was in her third month of pregnancy when she first noticed she had…
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