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UNFPA deploys support for women, girls amid mass flight from Iraq’s Sinjar

08 August 2014
UNFPA distributes dignity kits to displaced familieis in Sharia, Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA Iraq
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Tens of thousands in need of maternal health services in Gaza

07 August 2014
On 25 July 2014, woman stands near rubble in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Photo credit: UNICEF/NYHQ2014-1005/El Baba
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UNFPA responds to needs of 36,000 pregnant women displaced in Pakistan

28 July 2014
Thousands of displaced families have been living for years in the Jalozai camp in Pakistan's Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the end of June, military operations in  North Waziristan sent thousands more families into displacement; most of them fled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu District. Photo credit: OCHA
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In South Sudan, opposition to family planning exacerbates reproductive health needs

30 July 2014
A pregnant women receives antenatal care at a UNFPA clinic in a displacement camp in Juba, South Sudan. The country has too few health professionals to meet women's reproductive health needs.Photo credit: Tim McKulka/UNFPA
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Violence survivors seek support amid Syrian conflict

18 July 2014
<p>Syrian women seeking reproductive health services at the Al-Halbouni clinic in Damascus, Syria. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Syria</i> </p>
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In South Sudan camp, midwifery training offers a crucial a lifeline

07 July 2014
<p>Marsa Nyaluak and midwife trainee Ana Chuoch David in a displacement camp in Juba, South Sudan. Ms. David was able to save both Ms. Nyaluak and her daughter, Happy, when complications arose during childbirth. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA/Jaime Jacques</i> </p>
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Women and girls at risk as conflict escalates in Iraq

30 June 2014
<p>Siblings take shelter in a school in Duhok Governorate, Iraq, after fleeing recent fighting. Photo credit: <i>UNHCR/S. Baldwin</i> </p>
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Empowering communities saves women's lives in Tigray, Ethiopia

02 July 2014
Mitslal Giday and Beruho Gebrezgi convene a forum for pregnant women in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Photo credit: UNFPA/Abraham Gelaw
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Supporting survivors of gender-based violence in war-ravaged Syria

26 June 2014
<p>Syrian women participate in a session on gender-based violence and reproductive health issues at the Al-Shagour centre in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Syria / Hamada Smesem</i> </p>
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Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine, Myanmar

19 June 2014
Rahae Na Bagum, 19, holds her 18-month-old baby at Dai Pai Hospital in Rakhine State, in September 2013, before humanitarian staff were evacuated following attacks in March 2014. Photo credit: UNFPA Myanmar
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