Launch of the 2016 State of World Population report

20 October 2016

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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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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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