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A new lease on life for women living with obstetric fistula in Afghanistan

22 May 2014
<p>Sharifa (left) at the Malalai Maternity Hospital talking to the doctor that treated her fistula, Dr. Pashtoon Kohistani. <i>Photo credit: Zainab Hiadary/UNFPA Afghanistan</i> </p>
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Holding out a hand: Youth-to-youth initiative making a difference in Mongolia

21 May 2014
<p>Students at a technical and vocational education training led by UNFPA&nbsp; brainstorm ideas on what an ideal Youth Development Centre would look like. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA/Dustin Barter</i> </p>
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The colour purple, changing the future of Afghan mothers

09 May 2014
<p>From left to right: Aqela, Masooma and Fatima, students at the Community Midwifery School in Kabul. <i>Photo credit: Maria Blanco Lora/UNFPA.</i> </p>
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Mothers, Youth Displaced by Solomon Islands Flooding

30 April 2014
<p>Flooding has left a broad swath of destruction in the Solomon Islands. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Pacific/Maha Muna</i> </p>
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Midwives, emergency care key to reducing Cambodia’s maternal deaths

23 April 2014
A woman and her child in Kampong, Cambodia. Maternal death rates in Cambodia are among the worst in the region. Photo credit: WFP/Polly Egerton
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Statement

Statement on the Philippines Supreme Court’s Decision on the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law

09 April 2014
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Making Sense of Myanmar's Census

31 March 2014
<p>A mother and child on the outskirts of Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar. <i>Photo credit: UN Photo</i> </p>
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Sound of Silence: Dealing with the Legacy of Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War

17 March 2014
Hasija was one of the first women to testify before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in a case of war rape, in 1996. Her hometown of Rakitnica was set ablaze during the war and her family was expelled. Her father and brother did not survive. Photo credit: Armin Smailovic/Sarajevo, 2010
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Press Release

More Support Still Needed for Health, Protection of Women and Girls 100 Days After Typhoon Haiyan

19 February 2014
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Press Release

UNFPA Official Hails Heroism of Haiyan Health Workers

31 January 2014
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