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Indigenous Women’s Maternal Health and Maternal Mortality

Resource date: 01 March 2018

Author: UNPFA, UNICEF and UN Women

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From midwife to MP - Advancing the rights of women in the Comoros

04 April 2018

MP Hadjira Oumouri attends the Comorian marathon on International Women’s Day. Her shirt says, "I am more than a mother. I am also a woman with ambition." © UNFPA Comoros/Nasser Youssouf

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Perilous conditions for pregnant women displaced in northern Syria

19 March 2018

A UNFPA-supported mobile team performs an ultrasound for a pregnant woman displaced from Afrin. © UNFPA Syria/Sufian Abdulmouty

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Violence knows no borders: Leaders, activists take on horrors of gender-based violence

16 March 2018

Violence against women and girls is pervasive throughout the world. A rape kit in South Sudan. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka

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New generation of women saying: “Not yet”

13 March 2018

Kyae Nai belongs to a new generation of women in Myanmar who are making active choices about the timing of their pregnancies. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming

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Mayon volcano eruption displaces pregnant women and new mothers in Philippines

22 February 2018

Mount Mayon volcano erupted in January, affecting over 88,000 people. © OCHA/G. Arevalo

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Escaping violence, refugee mothers in Angola find relief in safe childbirth

21 February 2018

Yvonne Mboi gave birth to healthy twins after fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA/Tiril Skarstein

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Mothers too young: Inequality fuels adolescent pregnancies in Thailand

12 February 2018

Fern* is living in an emergency home, a shelter offering crisis care and maternal care for teen mothers. © UNFPA/Ruth Carr

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Displaced by crisis, South Sudan midwifery students focus on saving mothers

09 February 2018

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A safe pregnancy is every woman’s right: Midwifery care saves lives in Myanmar

07 February 2018

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