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First menstruation is often accompanied by fear, shame, lack of information, women and girls in Arab states reveal

28 May 2021
Even talking about menstruation is considered taboo or embarrassing, many women told UNFPA. © UNFPA Somalia
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Fact sheet: Civil-society engagement in the Global Programme to End Child Marriage

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The Global Programme partners with 93 civil society organizations and partnerships to implement programme activities, and with 29 civil society organizations and partnerships for advocacy.

The purpose of this fact sheet is to present the Global Programme’s understanding of, and approaches to, working with civil society, and to promote a common understanding of key concepts, which will provide guidance on civil society engagement.

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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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Helping women and girls claim their bodily autonomy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

09 June 2021
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and East and Southern Regional Director Julitta Onabanjoeets with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege as well as community members, advocates and survivors. © UNFPA/Luis Tato
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Tanzanian helpline reaching thousands of at-risk women and girls every day

20 May 2021
A counsellor takes calls at the National Child Helpline in Dar es Salaam. ©UNFPA Tanzania/Ericky Boniface
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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

07 June 2016
Noorjahan laughs as she recovers from fistula surgery in Malalai Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now, she says, "I can live." © Andrea Bruce/ NOOR
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