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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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Easy Read: Violence against People with Disabilities because of their Gender During COVID-19

Resource date: 21 June 2021

Author: UN Women, UNFPA and Women Enabled International

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Easy Read: Some good examples of women and girls with disabilities getting their rights during COVID-19

Resource date: 21 June 2021

Author: UNFPA and Women Enabled International

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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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Easy Read: Life for women and girls with disabilities in the world during COVID-19

Resource date: 21 June 2021

Author: UNFPA and Women Enabled International

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News

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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Art installation puts need for bodily autonomy on display

July 12, 2021
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Tigray conflict decimates maternal health services, overwhelms health workers

07 July 2021
Ms. Merhawit (right) sits with her aunt at the maternity ward in Suhul Hospital, Shire. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo
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With COVID-19 heralding possible fertility changes, leaders must urgently support women’s rights and choices

08 July 2021
A mobile health clinic, supported by UNFPA and the Spotlight Initiative, brings critical family planning and other services to underserved parts of Mozambique. ©UNFPA Mozambique/Mbuto Machili
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Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia

06 July 2021
Traditional midwives are working with health systems to provide both modern and traditional care to expectant mothers. © UNFPA Colombia
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