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One-stop care centre helps women amid South Sudan’s epidemic of violence

04 July 2018
(Right to left) UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed meet with one-stop centre staff. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
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A turning point for girls' and women’s menstrual health in Africa

30 May 2018
Faith Kiraison, an advocate for girls' rights and health, teaches her peers about menstrual health management. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo
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Companies reach more than 1 million with family planning information in Philippines

18 July 2018
Phoebe Tamondong, 25, learned about family planning through a UNFPA-supported programme at her company. © UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor
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“They were afraid I would die”: Early motherhood puts girls at risk in the Republic of Moldova

02 August 2018
Maria with her youngest daughter. She lost weight after each pregnancy, alarming her doctors. © UNFPA Moldova/Dan Gutu
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Exile wreaks havoc on refugees’ sexual and reproductive health

06 August 2018
Dr. Hadel Bakjaje says certain vaginal infections "can become chronic and can cause miscarriages and early births." © UNFPA Türkiye/Usenabasi Esiet
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After infertility, isolation and displacement, refugee in Iraq finds a place to heal

23 August 2018
Women may face disappointment, stigma or even isolation if they cannot have children. A UNFPA-supported counsellor watches over a child in Amiriyat al-Falloujah camp. © UNFPA Iraq/Salwa Moussa
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After decades of suffering, fistula survivors in Nepal find reprieve

18 September 2018
Palesh Devi Rajdhobi suffered from an obstetric fistula, a debilitating childbirth injury, for 21 years. She endured pain, stigma and social isolation before receiving free reconstructive surgery from a UNFPA-supported campaign. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri
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New Ebola outbreak hits women and girls hardest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

10 September 2018
Active conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is thwarting efforts to deliver life-saving sexual and reproductive health care to women and girls in need. © UNFPA Democratic Republic of the Congo
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One year on, Rohingya women and girls seek safety – and a chance to heal

24 August 2018
Harrowing accounts of gender-based violence have been widely reported. A Rohingya refugee visits a UNFPA-supported women-friendly space. © UNFPA/Allison Joyce
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A father's campaign for midwives in South Sudan

06 September 2018
For midwife Peter Door, spreading awareness about family planning is key to strengthening women's well-being and economic stability. Peter provides information on family planning to a mother in a Rumbek clinic. © UNFPA South Sudan
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