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Cut off from care in flooded Zimbabwe, pregnant women airlifted to safety

28 June 2019
"We lost all our belongings – including the new clothes we had bought for the baby," Tatenda Sithole, from Rusitu. © UNFPA Zimbabwe
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Dignity and strength: Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Colombia

05 June 2019
Large numbers of people are bypassing immigration controls as they exit Venezuela. © Tomer Urwicz
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Midwives save lives – but more support for midwifery is needed

04 June 2019
Midwife Imama (left) checks on Salma and her newborn in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Fahima Tajrin
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Speech

Statement of the Executive Director to the Annual Session of the Executive Board 2019

03 June 2019
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Menstruation is not a girls' or women’s issue – it’s a human rights issue

28 May 2019
In India, 15-year-old Priyanka Meena sleeps outside her home when she has her periods. She wears the same clothes and uses the same utensils when she menstruates; these are believed to be unclean. © UNFPA India
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Ending obstetric fistula: Devastating and preventable childbirth injury continues to haunt women

21 May 2019
Keflene Yakobo is now a fistula ambassador in her community, helping other women receive treatment and reclaim their lives. © UNFPA Tanzania/Bright Warren
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5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls

20 May 2019
Midwifery students at the Hargeisa Institute of Health Sciences in Somaliland learn how to assist in case of childbirth complications caused by female genital mutilation. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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A long road to safety, healing for refugee mothers in Iraq

17 May 2019
Years into Syria's grinding conflict, refugees need support to rebuild their lives. © UNFPA Iraq
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