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Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives

26 February 2024
UNFPA and UNICEF’s Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation works with grassroots activists to encourage communities to abandon the practice. © UNFPA Somalia
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Raising the voices of survivors to create a generation free from female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

08 February 2024
Zekia is advocating against female genital mutilation among her community and at school in the Dalocha district, in Ethiopia’s Central region. © UNFPA Ethiopia/MOPIX Production
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Breaking the cycle for survivors: UNFPA offers counselling and support to abandon female genital mutilation in Yemen

05 February 2024
Safia seeks help at a UNFPA-supported youth-friendly service centre. ©UNFPA Yemen
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2023

25 November 2023

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METRO MANILA, Philippines – Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes, and COVID-19 created needs of sweeping depth and breadth all over the globe. Many newly unemployed had to reinvent themselves to find…
28 June 2021 Read Story
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HERAT CITY, Afghanistan – Mastura Zia, a 27-year-old midwife in Herat, does not mince words when describing the hardships of the global pandemic: “2020 was the hardest year of my life,” she said. Ms. Zia is a frontline…
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – “I was about seven years old when my mother organized a female genital mutilation ritual for me. The paradji [traditional birth attendant] used a piece of sharpened bamboo stick. I was screaming in…
22 June 2021 Read Story

Italy

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The Government of the Lombardy Region has approved €500,000 in support to UNFPA Supplies as part of the Italian region's overall commitment to expanding access to family planning in the least developed countries.…
06 December 2019 Read Story
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BHAMO, Myanmar – “My job is to help these boys and girls steer their dreams in the right direction for their future.” Mung Do, 25, is a youth leader at the UNFPA-supported Woi Chyai Youth Centre in Woi Chyai in Kachin…
21 October 2019 Read Story
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YAKAWLANG/SANGTAKHAT, Afghanistan – Midwives serve in some of the most remote health posts in the world, saving the lives of women and babies in settings that are often harsh and resource-poor. And their work can…
03 May 2019 Read Story

Ireland

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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The horrific Ebola outbreak in West Africa came to an end one year ago. The crisis left over 3,900 Sierra Leoneans dead and health systems in disarray – yet the true toll of the epidemic has…
19 June 2017 Read Story
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MAKONDE, Zimbabwe – Three years ago, Sibongile Majaura was on the cusp of dropping out of school, a misfortune all too familiar to girls in Zimbabwe.  But she has defied the odds. With just a little investment and…
11 October 2016 Read Story