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Leaders call for securing sexual and reproductive health and rights in Kenya’s largest slum

11 March 2019

Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA's Executive Director, met with community role models in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Kenya. © UNFPA

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“Why me?” – Stigma, lack of information leave Myanmar youth in the dark on HIV

10 January 2019

Condoms at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. Sithu, 21, did not know how to protect himself from HIV. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming

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In Burundi, sexual health education helps youth protect themselves, their futures

18 January 2019

Young people outside a youth-friendly health centre in Kamenge, Bujumbura. © UNFPA/Chiara Frisone

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Fear and exhaustion shadow Venezuelan women on the long trek to Peru

28 February 2019

“We have been traveling for a week without being able to sleep, take a shower or eat well. I get tired easily, and have vomiting and headaches," said Mariana, who is five months pregnant. © UNFPA Peru

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Female Islamic preachers call for women’s rights, contraception in Niger

27 February 2019

In this Islamic study group, older women bring up questions that younger women are too embarrassed to raise. © UNFPA WCARO/Habibou Dia

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118-truck convoy delivers urgent aid to stranded residents in Rukban, Syria

16 February 2019

UNFPA brought critical reproductive health supplies to resident of the settlement, where conditions are dire. © UN in Syria

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The Nairobi Summit to Advance the ICPD Programme of Action

18 January 2019

Resources

UNFPA Humanitarian Response in Yemen 2019

Resource date: 21 February 2019

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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Surviving Ebola: “I was so afraid to die and be put in a body bag”

18 February 2019

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Born at the end of a rope: Embracing indigenous childbirth traditions to save lives

14 February 2019

Health workers have learned to respect indigenous childbirth traditions, such as vertical delivery using a rope. © UNFPA Peru/Juan Pablo Casapia

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