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New estimates show 126,000 pregnant women affected by Nepal quake

29 April 2015
Earthquake survivors survey the damage in Bungmati, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri
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After flight from Syria, refugee women in Iraq find safety, support

29 April 2015
Asma with her friends at the women’s safe space. “I am happy in the sewing session,” she said. “My teacher is from the same place I came from. We speak the same language and share the same memories.” © UNFPA/Shayda Hesammi
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UNFPA believes that every Syrian woman and girl has the right to have access to affordable reproductive health care and be effectively protected from gender-based violence. UNFPA and its partners are scaling up efforts to empower and improve the lives of Syrian women and youth and impacted communities in host countries, including by advocating for human rights and gender equality, to better cope with and recover from the crisis.

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Cyclone Pam cripples sexual and reproductive health services in Vanuatu

20 March 2015
Cyclone damage at the hospital compound in Port Vila. © UNFPA/Claire Davies
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Thousands of pregnant women require care in cyclone-slammed Vanuatu

17 March 2015
Thousands have been affected by the destruction caused by Cyclone Pam. A woman and child on the road to Mele, near Port Vila, the capital. © UNICEF/UNI181138/Crumb
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Safe spaces offer crucial services to women displaced by Malawi’s floods

17 March 2015
Women breastfeed outside a UNFPA-supported safe space at Mpasa camp, in Phalombe, Malawi. The safe space offers counselling and services for survivors of gender-based violence, and also provides recreational and skill-building activities for women and girls. © UNFPA Malawi
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