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From child bride to midwife saving lives of Afghan mothers

10 March 2021
Amina Mansoory is the only midwife serving in a remote district (population:1500) of Herat province in western Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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High-Level Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Scaling up Action to End Son Preference and Gender Biased Sex Selection

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Technical Note on Ensuring Value for Money in the Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Resource date: 03 November 2020

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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Child Marriage and the Law: Technical Note for the Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Resource date: 03 November 2020

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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A digital cry for help: Big data study in Asia-Pacific provides key signposts to violence against women amid COVID-19

05 March 2021
A new study found online searches related to violence against women and assistance spiked during pandemic lockdowns in eight Asian countries. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Prince Naymuzzaman | Photo for representational purposes only and does not relate to this story or the survivor of gender-based violence featured in this story.
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International Women’s Day 2021

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Women supporting women: Female bus conductors drive out violence in Bhutan

01 March 2021
Kelsang Tshomo is a bus conductor and peer counsellor working to eradicate gender-based violence among fellow female conductors and passengers on public transportation. © UNFPA Bhutan/Sunita Giri
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In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price

26 February 2021
Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani holds Abia's newborn baby shortly after delivery. Abia lost a lot of blood during childbirth. © UNFPA Yemen
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Amid conflict, displacement, pandemic, Syrian girls see a future in… robots

22 February 2021
Bana, 12, enjoys learning about robotics at a women's and girls' safe space in northwest Syria. Image courtesy of Ihsan Relief and Development
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