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Online course helps aid workers help women and girls

A women's meeting in South Sudan. A free online course is helping aid workers improve safety and services for women and girls. © UNFPA South Sudan/Harriet Adong
  • 24 February 2017
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Former Ugandan circumciser says she will never go back to performing FGM

Turutea Chelangat, a former circumciser in eastern Uganda, has renounced FGM. © UNFPA Uganda/Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
  • 23 February 2017
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Changing minds to help child brides in Cameroon

Natasha Biendi was married off when she was just 13 years old. Life as an underage wife and mother is hard. “There is too much work to do," she said. © UNFPA
  • 10 January 2017
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After long nightmare in Ukraine, displaced family finds peace

A member of the mobile team meets with Tetiana in her temporary accommodations in Kharkiv. © UNFPA/Denys Panchenko
  • 09 December 2016
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Namibian hackathon takes on scourge of gender violence

Namibian techies spent a hectic 24 hours creating innovations to tackle gender-based violence. Team Amani celebrates their win. © UNFPA Namibia/Emma Mbekele
  • 05 December 2016
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Reversing the Trend

Published on: 25/11/2016

In this video, made to mark the International Day for Elimination of Gender-based Violence, artist and activist Rand Jarallah uses her face as a canvas to show the horrors of violence against women, one of the most prevalent human rights abuses in the world. Learn more about how activists are working to end violence against women.

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Iraq centre brings specialized care to gender violence survivors

Case workers finish a meeting at the survivors' centre in Dohuk. The facility provides a full range of support services for survivors of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Iraq/Turchenkova
  • 18 November 2016
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Families increasingly resort to child marriage as Yemen’s conflict grinds on

Hana’a was married off at 15. She endured brutal violence at the hands of her husband. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 16 November 2016
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Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

Violence against women was widespread even before the current conflict, but experts say abuses are becoming even more commonplace. A women's shelter in a port city in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 31 October 2016
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State of World Population

State of World Population 2016

10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age

Number of pages: 116

Publication date: 20 Oct 2016

Author: UNFPA

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