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UNFPA responds to gender violence in conflict-scarred Kachin

07 April 2017
“The most difficult part of my job is the repeated cases, where the husband will not change his behaviour, where the wife is not able to leave, and where she is abused again and again,” says caseworker Lu Bu. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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Reaching women and girls across the line of fire in Myanmar’s Kachin conflict

16 February 2017
Families, including pregnant women, children, and disabled and elderly people, have fled shelling and airstrikes in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State. © Metta Development Foundation
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Women’s health needs persist in conflict-affected Kachin State

26 January 2017
“The mobile clinic doctor and midwife have given me the confidence to give birth in the hospital, rather than at home," Ei Ngae told UNFPA. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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Not just a women’s issue: Men in Myanmar take on gender-based violence

16 December 2016
"I’m proud to be a man who stands up against domestic violence,” said Aung Htwe. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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In Myanmar, family planning empowers women to take charge of their health, futures

26 October 2016
Family planning is helping women in Myanmar protect their health and families. © UNFPA Myanmar
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Flood relief in Myanmar includes family planning supplies

31 August 2016
Phoo Ngun, her husband Zaw Moe and their two daughters in the flood-devastated Ayayawady Region. Family planning supplies will help flood-affected women recover without worrying about unplanned pregnancies. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Searching for a safe space: The story of a young Rohingya woman displaced in Myanmar

19 May 2016
Khin Me Me Htun has been displaced from her home in Rakhine state for four years. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Youth spring into action in wake of Myanmar’s floods

18 August 2015
Ko Win Tin Aung, a youth volunteer, delivers assistance to flood survivors in Ohn Pin Su Village, Ayeyawady Region. © UNFPA Myanmar/Benny Manser
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After months adrift at sea, migrants receive critical care in Indonesia

09 July 2015
Refugees at a temporary shelter in Aceh, Indonesia. They are part of a group of migrants who spent months on a boat, adrift at sea. © UNFPA Indonesia/Sandra Siagian
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Census Results Highlight Myanmar’s Development Needs

29 May 2015
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