Statement

International Women’s Day 2019

08 March 2019
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News

A league of extraordinary women: Real life super heroes

08 March 2019
Farzana Akbari took a stand against virginity tests – invasive, discriminatory, unscientific exams – to protect women and girls. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Events

UNFPA to co-convene Nairobi Summit on ICPD25: Accelerating the promise

calendar_today12 November - 14 November 2019

location_onNairobi, Kenya

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News

“Why me?” – Stigma, lack of information leave Myanmar youth in the dark on HIV

10 January 2019
Condoms at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. Sithu, 21, did not know how to protect himself from HIV. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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News

Fear and exhaustion shadow Venezuelan women on the long trek to Peru

28 February 2019
“We have been traveling for a week without being able to sleep, take a shower or eat well. I get tired easily, and have vomiting and headaches," said Mariana, who is five months pregnant. © UNFPA Peru
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News

118-truck convoy delivers urgent aid to stranded residents in Rukban, Syria

16 February 2019
UNFPA brought critical reproductive health supplies to resident of the settlement, where conditions are dire. © UN in Syria
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Updates

Survivor-centred aid for women and girls from Mosul

25 Feb 2019
Christos Stylianides, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, and Alexander De Croo, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Finance and Development Cooperation, visited Hammam Al-Aleel camp for internally displaced persons in Mosul. © UNFPA Iraq
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News

In world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the miracle of a safe birth

21 February 2019
A midwife cares for Mohsina's unexpected twins at Jardan Hospital. ©FMF
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