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“Men will no longer do what they want with them”: Indigenous women in Brazil say enough to gender-based violence
“I saw the change in the women who didn't have courage, who cried with fear in a corner,” said Lutana Ribeiro, from Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s largest state of Amazonas.
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“A dream to achieve”: Making Myanmar more disability-inclusive
“I applied for a job at a local sewing shop. When they saw my physical impairment, they rejected my application without any other reason,” said Myo Myo, a 19-year-old woman living in Yangon, Myanmar.
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Severe drought fuels malnutrition and reduces hospital deliveries among pregnant women in Kenya’s Turkana County
“I have never experienced a drought as bad as this in my life,” 28-year-old Akure Ewar told UNFPA. At seven months pregnant, she complains that she is hungry and often feels dizzy when going about her day. “The dry…
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8 reasons for hope in the new year
“If it bleeds, it leads,” is an old newsroom adage, highlighting the media’s disproportionate attention given to grisly disasters. A look back at 2022 will surface many doom-laden headlines, grim pronouncements and dark…
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Child brides fight back against gender-based violence in Bangladesh
“I was married at the age of 14 and I lost my first child at 16 during pregnancy.” Ranu Chakma, now 18, says teenage motherhood is not uncommon in her village of Teknaf Upazila, on the southern coast of Bangladesh.
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“I never thought I would be pregnant at this age”
María Karla Crukshank Fuentevilla is 15 years old and 29 weeks pregnant. It has not been an easy pregnancy.
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How one woman in Gaza triumphed above marital violence, and cancer, to inspire other survivors
“I believed the recipe for a good marriage would be respect, two-way communication, and love. Unfortunately, I was mistaken.”
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A mobile maternity unit delivers babies and critical health services amid war in Ukraine
“When the war arrived in this area, the women and children tried to escape – from danger, hunger and the lack of medical services,” said Dr. Olga Filipova, an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Ukraine.
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“The violence never stopped,” Sudanese woman says – but neither did her hope
"I would go to my parents, but they would return me to my abusive husband." This is what Semira,* a 25-year-old from Sudan, recalls from her marriage, which started when she was just a child. She became a…
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