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Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls

30 June 2020
Without urgent action, the situation for women and girls could worsen. Artwork by Fatma Mahmoud Salama Raslan.
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UNFPA partners with Mozambique government, Operation Fistula to scale up InfoFistula app

12 Jun 2020
“After becoming pregnant at 13, I tell every girl in my community to stay in school and use contraceptives," shares the then-20-year-old Mafalda (far left) from Mocuba District, Zambezia Province in Mozambique. As an advocate for girls’ sexual and reproductive rights and choices, her mother speaks about her transformation: “My daughter found courage from the difficult times she faced. Now she is passing on to other girls the lessons she has learned”. © UNFPA Mozambique/Helene Christensen
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Nine things you need to know about periods and the pandemic

28 May 2020
The pandemic is affecting how people experience menstruation. © PONY for UNFPA
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Korean cooperation helps give Ivorian fistula survivors a new lease on life

23 May 2020
Blandine with her new daughter and husband. © UNFPA/Didier Djiloni
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Safe birth services save lives, prevent childbirth injury in Tanzania

22 May 2020
A health facility in Tanzania’s Simiyu region, which was renovated through a two-year programme supported by UNFPA with funding from KOICA. © UNFPA Tanzania/Karlien Truyens
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In Yemen and around the world, obstetric fistula strikes the most vulnerable women

22 May 2020
A woman recovers from fistula treatment sugery in Yemen. Obstetric fistula almost entirely preventable; its persistence is a sign of global social injustice. © UNFPA Yemen
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End gender inequality! End health inequities! End fistula now!

23 May 2020
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Indigenous, Afro-Honduran communities join together to fight pandemic

11 May 2020
Members of the Garífuna community are making their own cloth masks to limit the spread of COVID-19. They are also turning to traditional foods and medicines. © UNFPA Honduras
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