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Healing the Wounds of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina [Long Version]

September 2, 2014

The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina may have ended 15 years ago, but for some 20,000 women, the legacy of wartime rape lives on. Women of all ethnic groups are still trying to cope with the psychological effects of violence perpetrated against them.

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Women and War: Afghanistan

September 2, 2014

In Afghanistan, conflict has not only caught the female non-combatants in its violence, but have severely crippled already inadequate services such as health and education.

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Women and War: Iraq

September 2, 2014

It is mainly men who wage war. But it is women who so often pay the price. They bear the brunt of the suffering protracted conflict brings.

UNFPA's Second Generation Humanitarian Strategy offers a vision and plan for mainstreaming humanitarian programming Fund-wide. It ensures that UNFPA's humanitarian action is well coordinated, timely, and scalable — before, during and after a crisis — and focuses on the mandated areas of reproductive health, population dynamics, gender equality, gender-based violence, and young people in crisis situations.

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Safe delivery services come to Domiz refugee camp, Iraq

02 October 2014
Dr. Lava Abdul Rahman works with Syrian refugees at the UNFPA maternity clinic in Domiz Camp in northern Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA/Millat Horiri
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Fear of health workers fuels Ebola crisis in Guinea

03 October 2014
A health official in Guinea, where UNFPA assisting in the Ebola response. Photo credit: UNFPA Guinea
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Displaced Iraqi women, youth receive psychosocial support

13 October 2014
Nada (name changed) and her siblings sit in a tent in the Khanke Camp for displaced Iraqis, in Dohuk. They were forced to flee when their community was attacked by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS). Photo credit: UNFPA/Millat Horiri
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Sierra Leone's contact tracers work to curtail Ebola outbreak

14 October 2014
Contact tracers attend a training at a UNFPA-supported workshop in Sierra Leone. They are playing a critical role in the public health response to the Ebola outbreak. Photo credit: UNFPA Sierra Leone video
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Highest-level of emergency declared in Iraq

19 August 2014
Women and children await care at a UNFPA-supported maternity clinic in Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA
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Displaced Ukrainians find help, hope

19 August 2014
Ketevan and her 4-year-old son, Illya, were displaced from the Luhansk Region of Ukraine. Photo credit: UNFPA Ukraine/Olena Kulyk
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