News

Former child bride, once sold to pay debts, finds a new start

26 March 2020
A woman in Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq/Seivan Salim
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Updates

UNFPA and UNICEF renew multi-country initiative to protect millions of girls from child marriage

10 Mar 2020
The Global Programme is helping a girls' club stamp out child marriage in Ethiopia. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw
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News

“If you love me, know my status”: Safeguard Young People helps young people cast off HIV stigma

01 December 2019
Chifundo Tindo now trains other people to provide stigma-free comprehensive sexuality education. © UNFPA
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Speech

Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 Closing Ceremony

14 November 2019
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News

Leaders call on world to end scourge of gender violence

26 September 2019
South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have seen particularly widespread sexual and gender-based violence, both during and in the aftermath of conflict. © UNFPA DRC
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Child bride, mother of seven, refugee and, today, an independent woman

21 June 2019
A Syrian refugee in northern Iraq. © UNFPA/Seivan Salim
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News

A nightmare within a nightmare: Taking on sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises

28 May 2019
UNFPA holds sessions raising awareness about gender-based violence, and the availability of support services, in a displacement camp in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
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News

A long road to safety, healing for refugee mothers in Iraq

17 May 2019
Years into Syria's grinding conflict, refugees need support to rebuild their lives. © UNFPA Iraq
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Updates

ICPD25: Gender equality needed for “unlocking the full potential of a country”

26 Feb 2019
A young mother receives sexual and reproductive health services at a health clinic in Kashikanwa. © UNFPA/Chiara Frisone
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Speech

Statement of the Executive Director to the First Regular Session of the Executive Board 2019

23 January 2019
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