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"We are not in a safe place": Survivors struggle in aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth

May 14, 2019

In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, survivors of Cyclone Kenneth share their struggles about living in crowded shelters. UNFPA is responding with maternal health support and other services.

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Against All Odds

March 21, 2019
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Video

Ifrah Ahmed speaks out about FGM

March 20, 2019

At a UNFPA-supported photo exhibition on the harms of female genital mutilation, advocate Ifrah Ahmed spoke about her own experience and her efforts to end the practice.

News

“We are working against all odds”: Despite progress, FGM and child marriage numbers cause alarm

15 March 2019
The path forward will not be easy, says Tadelech Ermias, who bravely refused to undergo FGM. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw
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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

To tackle domestic violence, Ukraine looks to UNFPA’s mobile assistance teams

17 January 2019
More than 50 UNFPA mobile teams are currently working in the country, serving thousands. © UNFPA/Maks Levin
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News

Top 5 things you didn’t know about female genital mutilation

05 February 2019
Asha lays out the tools she uses to perform female genital mutilation in Somalia. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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News

Reaching women in Mosul, where the shadow of conflict still lingers

07 February 2019
Eman, from West Mosul, needed a Caesarean section for her fifth child. © UNFPA Iraq/Jared Kohler
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Publications

How to Transform a Social Norm

Publication date: 06 September 2018

Author: UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation Publication Date: 2018

Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF

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