News

Health, rights situation critical among women and girls in conflict-scarred Dara’a

19 March 2019
After years of conflict, the population is seeing a cascade of health and human rights problems fall "like dominoes". © UNFPA Syria/Sufian Abdul-Mouty
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Leaders call for securing sexual and reproductive health and rights in Kenya’s largest slum

11 March 2019
Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA's Executive Director, met with community role models in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Kenya. © UNFPA
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Fear and exhaustion shadow Venezuelan women on the long trek to Peru

28 February 2019
“We have been traveling for a week without being able to sleep, take a shower or eat well. I get tired easily, and have vomiting and headaches," said Mariana, who is five months pregnant. © UNFPA Peru
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Female Islamic preachers call for women’s rights, contraception in Niger

27 February 2019
In this Islamic study group, older women bring up questions that younger women are too embarrassed to raise. © UNFPA WCARO/Habibou Dia
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118-truck convoy delivers urgent aid to stranded residents in Rukban, Syria

16 February 2019
UNFPA brought critical reproductive health supplies to resident of the settlement, where conditions are dire. © UN in Syria
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Resources

UNFPA Humanitarian Response in Yemen 2019

Resource date: 21 February 2019

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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To tackle domestic violence, Ukraine looks to UNFPA’s mobile assistance teams

17 January 2019
More than 50 UNFPA mobile teams are currently working in the country, serving thousands. © UNFPA/Maks Levin
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Top 5 things you didn’t know about female genital mutilation

05 February 2019
Asha lays out the tools she uses to perform female genital mutilation in Somalia. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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Publications

Women and Young Persons with Disabilities

Guidelines for Providing Rights-Based and Gender-Responsive Services to Address Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Women and Young Persons with Disabilities

Number of pages: 206

Publication date: 01 November 2018

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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Your rights: Information for women and young people with disabilities

Resource date: 2018

Author: UNFPA

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