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Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

31 October 2016
Violence against women was widespread even before the current conflict, but experts say abuses are becoming even more commonplace. A women's shelter in a port city in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
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10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age

October 21, 2016
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State of World Population 2016

10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age

Number of pages: 116

Publication date: 20 October 2016

Author: UNFPA

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UNFPA State of World Population 2016

20 October 2016
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For busy garment workers in Lesotho, health care comes on wheels

18 October 2016
’Mantina Mphohle receiving health services inside a new mobile clinic, near the factory where she works. © UNFPA Lesotho
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The power of 10: Ten astonishing facts about 10-year-old girls

20 October 2016
Temawelase is a sixth-grader in rural Swaziland. Whether the world is able to achieve its development goals depends, in large part, on her fate and the fate of girls like her. ©UNFPA/Barcroft Media/Mark Lewis
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Fifty years after a terrible childbirth injury, Kenyan woman gets a new lease on life

10 October 2016
Jumwa Kabibu Kai, 77, with Kilifi County Governor Amason Kingi, at an event raising awareness about fistula. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo
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“One-stop shop” brings life-saving HIV care, reproductive health to Botswana’s women

07 September 2016
Rose Matuulane, 24, with one of her children. She is able to access antenatal care, cervical cancer screening, HIV testing and family planning counselling all in the same clinic visit. © UNFPA Botswana/Nchidzi Smarts
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Giving birth amid Boko Haram insurgency; UNFPA reaching millions with care

29 August 2016
A nurse and a survivor of the Boko Haram insurgency at an antenatal check-up. UNFPA has provided the clinic, at the GGSS displacement camp, with reproductive health kits, clean delivery kits and dignity kits. © UNFPA Nigeria
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Haitian women felled by preventable cancer; simple test to save lives

26 August 2016
A UNFPA-supported clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, provides free cervical cancer screenings, in addition to a host of obstetric and newborn services. Early detection and treatment will save lives. © Jared Chambers
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