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Two wheelchairs and a stroller: Overcoming barriers to parenthood in Belarus

02 November 2017
Anya Shevko with her daughter Nastya. The family struggled to obtain wheelchair-accessible reproductive health services. Photographed by Denis Zelenko for Imena Magazine
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Men take a stand against gender-based violence in Azerbaijan

27 October 2017
An initiative is bringing men together to address gender-based violence and the inequalities that fuel it. © UNFPA Azerbaijan
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Statement of Acting Executive Director to Second Regular Session of Executive Board 2017

07 September 2017
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UN and EU launch global effort to end violence against women

22 September 2017
Svitlana Tavantseva (right) counsels survivors of violence in Ukraine. Too often, she says, women are shamed rather than perpetrators. © UNFPA Ukraine/Maks Levin
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Escape at dawn: running away from child marriage and FGM in Kenya

06 September 2017
Faith (centre) with her friends Sylvia (right) and Vivian, who all ran away from home to avoid female genital mutilation and child marriage. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo
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For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

10 August 2017
Asha Ali Ibrahim, a local circumciser, with her granddaughter, who is due to be cut this year. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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Teen pregnancies, and attendant health risks, a major concern in El Salvador

03 August 2017
Globally, pregnancy-related complications are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15 to 19. Photograph by Lucy Tomasino
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To end violence against women, Cambodian project teaches healthy relationships

20 July 2017
A pilot programme is working to stop the cycle of violence in Cambodia, where half of women and a quarter of men say wife beating can be justified. © UNFPA Cambodia/Sophanara Pen
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