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2017 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

November 25, 2017

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem speaks about the urgent need to end gender-based violence, and the impunity that allows it to thrive. 

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In Paraguay, urging young people to end dating violence

27 November 2017
Noviazgo sin Violencia, or Dating without Violence, addresses the fact that intimate partner violence often begins early. © UNFPA Paraguay/Mario Achucarro
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UNFPA scales up response after Iraq earthquake

24 November 2017
UNFPA is distributing essential hygiene supplies to women and girls displaced by the earthquake. Photo courtesy of Civil Development International
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A story of violence: 16 objects show the reality of gender-based violence around the world

22 November 2017
Tatiana’s family in Ukraine was torn apart by her husband’s abuses. He is gone now, but she and her six children are still trying to rebuild in this small home. “The children – I live for them,” Tatiana said. © UNFPA Ukraine/Maks Levin
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Solar lanterns light perilous path to shared toilets in Myanmar refugee camps

17 November 2017
Solar-powered lanterns light the way to shared toilets in this displacement camp in Kachin State, Myanmar. Women and girls are vulnerable to attack on their way to the facilities. © Metta Development Foundation/Hkawng Nan
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For most vulnerable Nigerian women, high rates of traumatic birth injury

16 November 2017
Women and girls are waiting for a fistula repair at Maiduguri’s State Specialist Hospital © Anne Wittenberg/UNFPA
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Trailblazing all-girl cricket tournament calls for bowling out child marriage

14 November 2017
Gudiya Chaudhary traveled 35 km to participate in the tournament, which was the first of its kind in the district. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri
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