Fighting obstetric violence in Brazil with Johnson & Johnson

When she found out she was pregnant, Carolina was afraid to go to the hospital.

She had heard that in Brazil, women of color had been discriminated against and treated violently by healthcare staff.

Thanks to a programme supported by UNFPA and Johnson & Johnson, midwives like Leonor are now trained on how to respect and protect their patients’ reproductive rights.

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Germany

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UN partnership set to prevent more than 140 million unintended pregnancies, 320 thousand…
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Even amid pandemic, governments and advocates rally behind sexual and reproductive health and…
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Germany commits additional €30 million to uphold women and girls’ sexual and reproductive…
The Government of Germany has increased its flexible funding by €30 million to support UNFPA’s global response to the COVID-19 crisis, ensuring that women and girls affected by the pandemic can access a wide range of…
23 July 2020 Read Story
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Norway

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Mozambique, Angola help girls manage menstrual health and hygiene in crisis and beyond
MAPUTO, Mozambique/LUANDA, Angola – It can be challenging enough when a girl gets her first period – she may not even know what is happening to her body. Now put her in a situation in which she’s been displaced or…
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In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price
IBB, Yemen – Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani remembers meeting Abia* at Al Mawa Camp in Ibb. Abia was 15 years old and eight months pregnant. “I was very worried,” Ms. Al-Shurmani recalled. “She had a prolapsed uterus, and she…
26 February 2021 Read Story
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Amid conflict, displacement, pandemic, Syrian girls see a future in… robots
AL BAB, Northwest Syria – Bana, 12, was able to escape her hometown, the city of Aleppo, before the Syrian conflict engulfed her neighbourhood. It was the first of two times she and her family would have to flee…
22 February 2021 Read Story
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Japan

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

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Japan contributes $1.4 million to UNFPA maternal health project for Afghan refugees in Iran
This funding will enable UNFPA and partners to provide enhanced access to quality and affordable maternal and reproductive health services at all health system levels for Afghan refugee and host community women. UNFPA…
16 June 2021 Read Story
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Mobile clinics deliver last-mile reproductive health care in Madagascar
AMBOVOMBE, Madagascar – Ambovombe is a landlocked district in southern Madagascar, where only about half of health facilities are accessible year-round because of poor roads and challenging terrain. And even if one…
26 March 2021 Read Story
News
In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price
IBB, Yemen – Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani remembers meeting Abia* at Al Mawa Camp in Ibb. Abia was 15 years old and eight months pregnant. “I was very worried,” Ms. Al-Shurmani recalled. “She had a prolapsed uterus, and she…
26 February 2021 Read Story
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