Publications

The Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Girls with Disabilities

A Global Assessment and Case Studies on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Gender-Based Violence, and Related Rights

Number of pages: 68

Publication date: 14 June 2021

Author: UNFPA and Women Enabled International

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After giving birth under a bridge amid hurricane wreckage, recovery remains a distant prospect for Honduran mother

03 June 2021
A pregnant woman receives care at a shelter in the aftermath of two devastating storms in Honduras. © UNFPA Honduras
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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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"What's in my bag?" with Natalia Vodianova

May 28, 2021

What does supermodel and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Natalia Vodianova have inside her bag? Watch as she shows us the essential items women just can't live without.

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Piloting drones to deliver life-saving products for women in rural Botswana

24 May 2021
Health staff and officials gather around the drone at Lecheng Clinic, one of the four health facilities chosen for the pilot project. © UNFPA Botswana
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Mozambique, Angola help girls manage menstrual health and hygiene in crisis and beyond

28 May 2021
Teresa Estevão Bala,18, took part in a menstrual management initiative piloted by UNFPA and BeGirl in Luanda province, Angola. Around her neck is a "menstrual clock" tool that was given to both girls and boys to help them understand menstrual cycles. © UNFPA Angola/K. Karlos Cesar
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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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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

07 June 2016
Noorjahan laughs as she recovers from fistula surgery in Malalai Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now, she says, "I can live." © Andrea Bruce/ NOOR
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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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