5 Upsetting Reasons Women Aren’t Using Family Planning Around the World Today Family planning is a human right, and everyone should be able to decide when, if, and with whom they have
Terrified and Giving Birth Alone: Emergency Birth Kits Save Moms in Humanitarian Crises UNFPA emergency birth kits provide pregnant women in emergency settings with the tools they need to give birth. Read more
The Continuing Crisis: Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Refugees Saves the Lives of Rohingya Women What is the Rohingya Crisis? August 2019 marks the second anniversary of the Rohingya refugee crisis. The Rohingya are a Muslim
Freetown- A look into sexual and reproductive health in Sierra Leone Photographer Robbie Lawrence sheds light on sexual and reproductive health in Sierra Leone. Lawrence captured photos in Freetown after three
7 Ways Safe Spaces Help Rohingya Women in Bangladesh’s Refugee Camps Over 1.3 million people have fled persecution in Myanmar for nearby Bangladesh. About one-quarter of those migrants are women and
Violence Against Women – UNFPA’s Work to Make Gender-Based Violence a Thing of the Past Violence against women and girls is all too common. 1 in 3 women will experience sexual or physical abuse by
Statement on the United States Decision to Again Withhold Funding from UNFPA UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, notes with regret the determination by the United States of America
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Ending Female Genital Mutilation: 5 Communities and Countries Leading the Way Every year, more than 3 million girls are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). That means that right now there
5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls UNITED NATIONS, New York – “I have met many women who have suffered tremendously during labour,” said Dr. Kenza Aden, a
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