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'We Saved the Life of That Woman' -- Mobile Teams Respond to Pakistan Health Crisis
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan-administered Kashmir — Bushra, 17, went into labour a few days after the earthquake struck, but the baby didn’t come.
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Talking about Women, Peace and Security: Bucharest Workshop on Security Council Resolution 1325
BUCHAREST, Romania — Participants came to a workshop on women, peace and security from some of the most desperate or ravaged places on earth – Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Liberia, the Occupied Palestinian Territory,…
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Through the Eyes of the Victim: Police Training and Domestic Violence in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — With bloodshot, swollen eyes and aching arms and ribs, Alicia came to the police station on a Sunday morning to denounce her boyfriend.
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Sharing the Secret: Rape Survivors find Solace and Skills with UNFPA-Sponsored Programme
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Bintu Mansary’s father was shot and killed as she and her family tried to escape the rebel attack on her village during the brutal Sierra Leonean civil war.
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Dying to Give Life: Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan
BADAKHSHAN, Afghanistan — It juts like a finger, thrusting through the freezing and windswept Pamir Mountains: jabbing through the broad plateau of Tajikistan to the north and Pakistan to the south.
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Panel on International Migration and the Millennium Development Goals
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you this morning to our High-Level Panel on International Migration and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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A Woman's Centre Takes on Domestic Violence in the Gaza Strip
AL-BUREIJ REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territory — Sameera, one of eight girls and mother to three daughters, suffered from domestic violence for years.
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A Safe Haven for Girls Escaping Harm in Kenya
NAROK, Kenya—Silvia Selula looks dazed and lost.
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Preventing and Treating Fistula in Chad
N’DJAMENA, Chad—Four years ago, Jamia Kalaroun lost her baby.
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