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Inclusive safe spaces give Yemeni women with disabilities a chance to be their own breadwinners
AL HUDAYDAH GOVERNORATE, Yemen – For much of her life in western Yemen, Nabila felt the odds were stacked against her. “I was born with a disability in one of my legs. When I was five months old, the wrong needle was…
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Cash assistance is a lifeline for survivors of gender-based violence in the Republic of Moldova
DROCHIA, Republic of Moldova – “Many survivors are financially dependent on their aggressors, and they want to break the vicious cycle to separate from [them],” explained Mariana Zaporojan, a case manager at a safe…
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Sexual violence stalks women and girls fleeing Sudan for South Sudan
MALAKAL, South Sudan – “My neighbour Rose* travelled with me to Renk, but her three daughters stayed behind in Khartoum. Later she learned they had been gang raped,” said Martha.*
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Argentina’s journalists speak out against online gender-based violence
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – “Afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted”: This old maxim followed by many journalists around the world has driven countless investigations into injustice and sparked discussions of…
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Leaving no one behind: The UNFPA-backed initiative using drones to connect people with care in Botswana
MAUN, Botswana – In the remote village of Mababe, Botswana, getting results from a straightforward blood test is no simple matter.
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“They have to fight”: People of African descent face deadly, systemic racism and sexism in health sectors across the Americas, UNFPA reports
TALAMANCA, Costa Rica/UNITED NATIONS, New York – “When I’m working in the gynaecology area and I see an Afrodescendent person, I feel concerned. Because I know that they wouldn’t come in unless they were feeling very…
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How UNFPA is engaging men and boys to shift damaging attitudes and further gender equality
BAKU, Azerbaijan/BAC GIANG, Viet Nam – For many people, finding out their baby’s birth sex is a cause for celebration – revealing the son or daughter they always dreamed of having. For others, it can be a source of…
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As drought and floods threaten millions in Ethiopia, midwives are a lifeline for pregnant women and newborns
DUDUMACAD, Ethiopia – “Saving the life of this baby was a miracle and a blessing for my family. I am immensely grateful,” said Amino Bashir, 25, as she held her newborn.
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The threads that bind: How bilum-weaving in Papua New Guinea tells stories from the lives of women and girls
GOROKA, Papua New Guinea – ”The bilum is woven by women. The fibre is twisted by women. The designs are created by women; so when you talk about bilum, it’s a woman’s thing,” says bilum weaver Florence Jaukae Kame
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