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South Sudan Monthly Humanitarian Update

Resource date: 31 October 2016

Author: UNFPA South Sudan

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“They would be taking us in as wives”: Boko Haram survivors recount horrors, escape

23 November 2016
Hauwa gave birth to her son while escaping Boko Haram. Now, they are receiving health and counselling services at a rehabilitation centre in Maiduguri. © UNFPA Nigeria/Kori Habib
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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #50 1-31 October 2016

Resource date: 31 October 2016

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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Iraq centre brings specialized care to gender violence survivors

18 November 2016
Case workers finish a meeting at the survivors' centre in Dohuk. The facility provides a full range of support services for survivors of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Iraq/Turchenkova
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Return of Chibok girls highlights needs of women and girls

10 November 2016
Women and girls are at risk in Boko Haram-affected areas. © OCHA/Ó. Fagan
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Conflict, poverty, poor health conditions a deadly mix for mothers in South Sudan

08 November 2016
Midwife Justine Mangwi was not able to save the newborn's mother. © UNFPA South Sudan
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Risks to women and girls soar in hurricane-slammed Haiti

04 November 2016
Urgent action is required to protect the lives of thousands of women and girls. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright
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Women’s health needs critical as battle for Mosul intensifies

03 November 2016
A displaced family walks under a sky blackened by burning oil wells in Qayyarah, south of Mosul. Nineteen oil wells were set ablaze as ISIL retreated from the area. © OCHA/ Themba Linden
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With high child marriage rates among Syrian refugees, one girl takes a stand

02 November 2016
Raneem Abras, 16, a Syrian refugee living in Lebanon, advocates against child marriage. © UNFPA Lebanon/Sima Diab
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Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

31 October 2016
Violence against women was widespread even before the current conflict, but experts say abuses are becoming even more commonplace. A women's shelter in a port city in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
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