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Mobile health teams bring life-saving care to fragile communities in Afghanistan
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Amid economic exodus, left-behind women begin to feel safe in Venezuela
Sexual and reproductive health conditions are starting to improve thanks to UNFPA-supported workshops for health workers.
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All-women team provides life-saving humanitarian support in Marawi
Umme Limbona remembers when she had to leap from a third-storey window – onto a neighbouring terrace – to escape a siege. It would not be her last act of heroism.
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Helping young people take charge of their bodies, their lives, our world
There are 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24. Listen to their voices.
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Displaced women in eastern Ethiopia stand up to pressure, stigma over family planning
Trik Dulene knows all about bullying and coercion when it comes to a woman’s reproductive choices.
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Want to end preventable maternal deaths? Spend (at least) six times more by 2030
A new costing exercise calls for dramatic increases in spending on maternal health, family planning and to end harmful practices.
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Mother with disability hopes for better life with family planning
Arek Chuor, 32, expects to deliver her seventh child in September. It will be her last, she insists. A childhood polio infection has left her with impaired mobility, including a permanent limp. The challenges are only…
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Venezuelan volunteers provide humanitarian relief to migrants, refugees
Empowered former migrants and refugees are the new humanitarian responders to Venezuela's emergency.
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Twenty-five years ago, leaders promised to advance women’s health and rights. Have they delivered?
Twenty-five years ago, on 13 September, world leaders adopted the visionary ICPD Programme of Action. See how it has changed the world.
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