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Teachers and mothers join forces to keep girls in school in Malawi

22 June 2020
The Joint Programme on Girls' Education brings together teachers and parents to help keep girls in school. © UNFPA Malawi
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Sahel project helps women raise themselves, their communities from poverty

16 June 2020
Ms. Brema trains women in her village to become electricians. © Vincent Tremeau/Banque mondiale
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Pregnant indigenous women in Panama face COVID-19 fears, lack of transport

11 June 2020
For some communities, the nearest health centre is two days away. ©UNFPA Panama/Osman Esquivel López
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A matter of life and death for Yemen’s women and girls as funding dries up

29 May 2020
A midwife performs house calls in a conflict-affected village in Yemen. Maternal health services are being rolled back amid funding shortages. © UNFPA Yemen
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Nine things you need to know about periods and the pandemic

28 May 2020
The pandemic is affecting how people experience menstruation. © PONY for UNFPA
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Safe birth services save lives, prevent childbirth injury in Tanzania

22 May 2020
A health facility in Tanzania’s Simiyu region, which was renovated through a two-year programme supported by UNFPA with funding from KOICA. © UNFPA Tanzania/Karlien Truyens
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In Yemen and around the world, obstetric fistula strikes the most vulnerable women

22 May 2020
A woman recovers from fistula treatment sugery in Yemen. Obstetric fistula almost entirely preventable; its persistence is a sign of global social injustice. © UNFPA Yemen
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Indigenous, Afro-Honduran communities join together to fight pandemic

11 May 2020
Members of the Garífuna community are making their own cloth masks to limit the spread of COVID-19. They are also turning to traditional foods and medicines. © UNFPA Honduras
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Pandemic complicates humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and surrounding countries

15 May 2020
Horihanny Del Valle, a pregnant migrant from Venezuela, has learned how to protect herself from COVID-19. © UNFPA Brazil
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Free transport helps pregnant women in Madagascar safely deliver amid COVID-19 lockdown

08 May 2020
Aina attends a prenatal consultation with midwife Bakoly Rasoamanontany at Itaosy District Hospital of Reference. © UNFPA Madagascar/Hantanirina Andremanisa
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