MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – “One week after I delivered my second child, I realized that there was an…
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For most vulnerable Nigerian women, high rates of traumatic birth injury
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Cholera poses grave risks to pregnant women in conflict-affected Nigeria
Maiduguri, NIGERIA – Yana, 25, was three months pregnant when she fell sick with cholera just days…
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Leaders at United Nations address sexual violence as a weapon of war
UNITED NATIONS, New York – “Our girls were not born to be sexual slaves. Each one of them had a…
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Alarming shortage of health personnel in conflict-affected Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Retired but not tired. This is how people describe Hauwa Lassa, a nurse and…
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Contraceptives a game changer for crisis-affected women in northern Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Despite the recent return of…
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Restoring reproductive health access for millions in Boko Haram-affected areas
ABUJA, Nigeria – A brutal attack by Boko Haram forced Zainab Abubakar, 28, and her six children to…
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“They would be taking us in as wives”: Boko Haram survivors recount horrors, escape
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – “It was during the quiet hours, about 8:30pm, that Boko Haram came,” 15-year-…
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Return of Chibok girls highlights needs of women and girls
ABUJA, Nigeria – “We cannot underestimate the amount of support that each of these girls will need…
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Giving birth amid Boko Haram insurgency; UNFPA reaching millions with care
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Zarah Bunu was just a teenager when she was forced to flee her home in north-…
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Two years since the Chibok girls’ abduction: Providing support for women and girls surviving Boko Haram
UNITED NATIONS, New York/Chibok, Nigeria – Two years ago, on 14 April, 2014, Boko Haram abducted…
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