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The Philippines: Protecting Women and Girls After Haiyan

September 2, 2014

UNFPA is providing reproductive health care and working to prevent gender-based violence against women and girls who struggle to survive after Typhoon Haiyan.  The national police are putting in place mechanisms to ensure their safety until the situa

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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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Family Planning in Sierra Leone: An Integrated Approach

September 2, 2014

Preliminary results of the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey released in Sierra Leone indicate that the country has improved health services in the last five years, especially in the area of family planning.

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Serving Syrian refugee women amid Iraq's escalating crisis

26 August 2014
UNFPA staff distribute dignity kits, containing essential hygiene supplies, to women in Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA/Veronica Njikho
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Quadruplets born in rural DRC, with help of emergency obstetric programme

15 August 2014
Quadruplets born at a UNFPA-supported hospital in Niania, DRC. Photo credit: UNFPA DRC
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From promise to action: Ending preventable maternal deaths in Kenya

29 August 2014
Women await post-natal care at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, one of the 15 counties where maternal death rates are highest. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Kenya
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In Thailand's refugee camps, shifting attitudes about sexual and reproductive health

16 September 2014
Saba has her blood pressure checked during a consultation with a refugee nurse assistant at a sexual and reproductive health clinic in the Mae La refugee camp in Thailand. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Thailand
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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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African Heads of State, Government, to Speed up Reduction of Maternal Deaths

28 January 2013
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