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50 years of family planning as a human right

May 11, 2018

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem observes 50 years of family planning as a human right. Learn more here.

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One year later, flood-affected women in Peru struggle for protection and reproductive health care

19 April 2018
Thousands of women in Piura remain affected by the floods. © UNFPA Peru/Angela Valverde
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News

Drama helps battle child marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina

16 April 2018
Young actors perform a scene from "Ruža," an interactive play about the harms of child marriage. Photo by Almir Panjeta for UNICEF/UNFPA BiH
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Sport offers gateway to reproductive health, human rights, peace

11 April 2018
Sport improves confidence and builds community, say youth leaders. © UNFPA Iraq
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Resources

Indigenous Women’s Maternal Health and Maternal Mortality

Resource date: 01 March 2018

Author: UNPFA, UNICEF and UN Women

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From midwife to MP - Advancing the rights of women in the Comoros

04 April 2018
MP Hadjira Oumouri attends the Comorian marathon on International Women’s Day. Her shirt says, "I am more than a mother. I am also a woman with ambition." © UNFPA Comoros/Nasser Youssouf
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Health workers can treat, empower survivors of gender-based violence

22 March 2018
Survivors of gender-based violence require a full range of services, from medical care to counselling to legal support. © UNFPA Iraq
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Violence knows no borders: Leaders, activists take on horrors of gender-based violence

16 March 2018
Violence against women and girls is pervasive throughout the world. A rape kit in South Sudan. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka
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Ashley Judd Visits UNFPA Women-Friendly Spaces in Bangladesh

February 27, 2018

UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd visits safe spaces created for Rohingya women and girls who have fled from terror in Myanmar to safety in Bangladesh.

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Dispatches from the road: UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd on the horrors facing Rohingya refugees

26 February 2018
UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador visits Rohingya refugee women at a women-friendly space in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Six months ago, a massive influx of refugees began to pour into Bangladesh, fleeing the violence in Myanmar. © UNFPA/Lauren Anders Brown
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