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Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives

26 February 2024
UNFPA and UNICEF’s Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation works with grassroots activists to encourage communities to abandon the practice. © UNFPA Somalia
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Countering female genital mutilation in Sudan: “I didn’t know it was possible not to cut my daughter”

23 March 2023
Members of a UNFPA-supported community network in Sudan speak to women in about the dangers of female genital mutilation. © UNFPA Sudan
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Gender equality is the key to a better future for all, world leaders and youth activists agree at Paris Forum

30 June 2021
“It is now time to deliver,” said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the opening ceremony of the Generation Equality Forum. © Service photo du Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères
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Intergenerational Action for Bodily Autonomy: Accelerating Sustainable Development Goal 3

08 July 2021

Youtube Live

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High-Level Meeting on AIDS

08 June - 10 June 2021

Global

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Pandemic, stigma threaten to leave persons with disabilities behind, consultations show

03 December 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased obstacles for persons with disabilities. Pictured is an inclusive race in Egypt. © UNFPA
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Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations

24 October 2020

New York

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