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Drought emergency in Zambia: Child marriage, HIV and hunger on the rise for women and girls

SOUTHERN PROVINCE, Zambia – “They don’t have any food, and the teenagers can become vulnerable,” said nurse Suvannah Sinakaaba, in the village of Hakankula in Zambia’s Monze District. “HIV rates are quite high among…

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Giving birth on Ukraine’s front line: How women and medical workers are coping under fire

ODESA, Ukraine – Like many expecting parents, Oleksandra and Oleksandr Chebotar were eagerly awaiting the birth of their daughter. The way it happened, however, was unlike anything they had ever imagined. 

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UNFPA-supported tech innovations advancing the rights of women and girls in Cameroon, Kenya and Turkmenistan

UNITED NATIONS, New York – Technology has transformed people’s ability to meet their sexual and reproductive health needs and claim their rights, serving as a gateway to information, revolutionizing health-care delivery…

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“No one is spared”: Sexual violence wielded as a weapon in Haiti’s humanitarian crisis

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – “One of the biggest problems is insecurity – and the physical and sexual violence that comes with that,” explained Edrish Justilien, 36, a psychologist at the Petite Place Cazeau Hospital in…

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In an increasingly volatile world, support for women and girls must continue, UNFPA urges

BALTI, Republic of Moldova/TAIZZ, Yemen/Port-au-Prince, Haiti/UNFPA, New York – “I caught the last evacuation train, and the next day the train station was bombed,” Katya told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and…

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Sexual violence and conflict in Sudan: A war on the bodies of women and girls

DARFUR/KHARTOUM, Sudan – Aisha* lost both her parents last year, aged just 17. “I was left alone at home. I couldn’t reach out to any of my relatives because the situation was extremely tense,” she told UNFPA, the…

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The emotional cost of combating gender-based violence on the front line in Ukraine

KHARKIV, Ukraine – “There was a call from the police – not from the survivor herself. We went with them, and there was physical, psychological, and economic abuse happening,” explained Olena Kuznietsova, a psychologist…

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UNFPA-supported surgeries help survivors of obstetric fistula to advocate for others in Burundi

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – “During my contractions, my mother-in-law and my own mother refused to let me go to the health centre to give birth,” Gloriose Mbonimpa told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health…

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How a teenage mother in Cameroon triumphed over child marriage and sexual violence amid conflict  

MAROUA, Cameroon –  In Maroua, in Cameroon’s Far North Region, Aissatou* was forced into marriage at just 14 years old, her dreams of schooling shattered. 

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