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Africa Shows Signs of Winning War against Female Fenital Mutilation/cutting

10 February 2011
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Artists Voice their Support to Improved Maternal Health in Tanzania

09 February 2011
Some of the participating artists inthe workshop. Photo: UNFPA/Tanzania
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Statement

International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM/C

06 February 2011
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Press Release

Over 6,000 Communities Across Africa Abandon Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

06 February 2011
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Building Momentum for Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

04 February 2011
These girls from Uganda are celebrating the fact that they don't have to undergo female genital mutilation/cutting.
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Working with Police in South Sudan to Assist Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

20 January 2011
Group work exploring the causes of gender-based violance in South Sudan. Photo: Silje Heitmann.
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Providing Support to Sudanese Returning Home to Vote

10 January 2011
Most of returnees of Southern Sudan are expected to relocate to cities of the region rather than resettle in their traditional villages, which lack roads and health services. Photo :Silje Heitmann.
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News

Taking Stock: Chad’s Population and Housing Census

04 January 2011
The aim of Chad's census is to ensure a reliable count of the entire population, including the hundreds of thousands of refugees displaced by conflict in neighbouring Sudan. Photo: Micah Albert.
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Press Release

New UNFPA—Millennium Villages Project Partnership To Help Improve Maternal Health in Africa

13 December 2010
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Press Release

Midwives Essential to Fistula Prevention, International Experts Emphasize

10 December 2010
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