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Bodily autonomy becomes a global rallying cry at Paris Forum on gender equality

02 July 2021
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and Malian feminist activist Oumou Salif Touré visited the art installation UNFPA developed in partnership with Equipop and Dysturb to highlight the critical importance of realizing bodily autonomy for all. “The future remains very uncertain. But I have faith in this generation of feminists to which I belong,” Ms. Touré told UNFPA. © UNFPA/Appolonia Benoist
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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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Urgent funding needed to assist survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Tigray

27 May 2021
Selam (name changed) holds a message in Tigrinya during an exercise at the safe house. Her note says, in English, "relief". © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo
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COVID-19 heightened menstruation challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean; action and investment needed

28 May 2021
Indigenous adolescents from in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, participate in a workshop on menstrual health and hygiene. ©UNFPA Nicaragua/Diter Bonilla
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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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Girl advocates in India step up to protect health, human rights amid the pandemic

18 May 2021
Malati, 15, teaches proper hand-washing as part of the campaign she launched in her village. © UNFPA India
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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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