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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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Serving survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

19 May 2021
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem speaks to a network of humanitarian responders working to prevent and address sexual and gender-based violence. © UNFPA DRC/Luis Tato
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Studies show severe toll of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health, rights around the world

21 April 2021
School closures have put young people at risk, researchers say. Pictured, a UNFPA-supported boarding school in Kenya, photographed in November 2020. © UNFPA ESARO
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Elopement or kidnapping? A love story in Afghanistan

13 April 2021
Many young people in Afghanistan have no say over whether or whom to marry. Pictured: a ring belonging to one Afghan child bride. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Bodily autonomy: Busting 7 myths that undermine individual rights and freedoms

14 April 2021
A survivor of childhood violence in Ghana, during a conversation about her experience. Violations of bodily autonomy can leave lasting emotional scars. © UNFPA/George Koranteng
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Sudan sees expanded life-saving reproductive health services, with women at the helm

24 March 2021
Women in the Shanisha community, in Sudan's Blue Nile State, speak about changes happening since the country's democratic transition. © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty
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Motherhood on the brink: Pregnant women in Yemen under famine and violence

25 March 2021
Midwife Shrook Khalid Saeed tells UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem about a harrowing delivery. © UNFPA Yemen
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Statement on Gender-Based Violence in Tigray region of Ethiopia

22 March 2021
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