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Ninety per cent of Sri Lankan women endure sexual harassment on public transport, UNFPA study shows

08 March 2017
Sexual harassment is rampant on Sri Lanka's public transport system, with far-reaching effects on their jobs, educations and lives. © UNFPA Sri Lanka
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Five things you didn’t know about disability and sexual violence

30 October 2018
Young people with disabilities face staggering rights violations, including being cut off from education and health care, and subjected to sexual violence. © UNFPA/Théodore Somda
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Five actions for choice

16 October 2018
No country – regardless of income level or political system – has yet made reproductive rights a reality for all. © UNFPA/Egor Dubrovsky
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507 maternal deaths take place every day in emergencies, fragile settings, flagship report says

03 December 2015
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Statement

Empowering women and girls requires renewed efforts to end violence and harmful practices

21 November 2016

This is 2016 and yet one in three women worldwide still experiences or has experienced some form of physical or sexual violence, usually perpetrated by someone she knows. Moreover, millions of women and girls have been subjected to other forms of violence and harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, which affect an estimated 200 million women and girls, or child marriage, with one in three girls in developing countries being married off before the age of 18.