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Reproductive rights are human rights

June 29, 2022

Restricting access to abortion does not prevent abortion. It simply makes it more deadly.

Read UNFPA's statement on the global implications of new restrictions to access to abortion here.

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Parents react to stories of mothers from around the world on Mother's Day

May 8, 2022

This Mother's Day, we invited parents into our studio to read stories of mothers from around the world. Watch what happens next…

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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s Message at the launch of The State of World Population 2022

March 30, 2022

Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the Virtual Media Briefing on The State of World Population 2022

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Yemen: A mother’s life on the line

February 11, 2022
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Midwifery training helps doctors, nurses level up their skills in rural China

03 August 2021
Dr. Cairen Sangji conducts an antenatal examination for a local Tibetan woman in Yushu, Qinghai Province. Image courtesy of Yushu County Maternal and Child Health Hospital
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COVID-19 is a new illness that many people in the world have been getting. Many women and girls with disabilities have not been getting their rights during COVID-19. Some governments and organizations made sure that women and girls with disabilities could still get their rights during COVID-19. This report has some good examples of women and girls with disabilities getting their rights during COVID-19.

The original version of this report is called ‘Compendium of Good Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic’.

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Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya

15 July 2021
A midwife examines a pregnant woman using the portable ultrasound device. © UNFPA Kenya
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