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After escape, former ISIL slaves face new challenges

30 November 2016

The Dohuk Women's Centre offers specialized, sensitive care for survivors of ISIL's brutality. © UNFPA/Khetam Malkawi

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Around the world, activists call for an end to violence against women

25 November 2016

Raneem Abras, 16, calls for an end to child marriage. © UNFPA Lebanon/Sima Diab

Resources

Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #50 1-31 October 2016

Resource date: 31 October 2016

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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Iraq centre brings specialized care to gender violence survivors

18 November 2016

Case workers finish a meeting at the survivors' centre in Dohuk. The facility provides a full range of support services for survivors of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Iraq/Turchenkova

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Women’s health needs critical as battle for Mosul intensifies

03 November 2016

A displaced family walks under a sky blackened by burning oil wells in Qayyarah, south of Mosul. Nineteen oil wells were set ablaze as ISIL retreated from the area. © OCHA/ Themba Linden

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With high child marriage rates among Syrian refugees, one girl takes a stand

02 November 2016

Raneem Abras, 16, a Syrian refugee living in Lebanon, advocates against child marriage. © UNFPA Lebanon/Sima Diab

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Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

31 October 2016

Violence against women was widespread even before the current conflict, but experts say abuses are becoming even more commonplace. A women's shelter in a port city in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen

Resources

Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #49 1-30 September 2016

Resource date: 30 September 2016

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

Resources

UNFPA Response in Yemen Monthly Situation Report #08 – September 2016

Resource date: 30 September 2016

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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“I am a prey to all men”: Refugee women endure poverty, harassment, isolation

03 October 2016

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