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Empowering indigenous women in Venezuela to become mothers by choice, not chance
- 08 August 2024
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International Day for People of African Descent
31 August 2024
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
09 August 2024
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Counting every voice: Brazil's census includes quilombola communities for the first time
- 12 July 2024
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A personal journey: Striving for trans pride and indigenous women’s rights in Peru
Video © UNFPA Peru/Rafo Talavera Forlin, Photos © UNFPA Peru/Polo Santos
25 June 2024
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In Georgia, an LGBTQIA+ advocate making HIV prevention and health care accessible for all
- 18 July 2024
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Striving for trans pride and indigenous women’s rights in Peru
Published on: 25/06/2024
When Gaby, 27, an indigenous Awajún woman, returned home to Mamayaque, a remote town in Peru’s Amazonas region, she noticed the violence committed by men against women and the discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people.
As a transgender woman, she too faced stigma and discrimination while living and working in Lima and other cities.
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For the community, by the community: Transgender advocates for sexual and reproductive health and rights
- 17 May 2024
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International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
17 May 2024
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“Always a fighter”: Afrodescendent activist Lilian León offers solidarity and support to survivors of gender-based violence in northern Perú
- 25 March 2024
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