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“This support gives us hope”: A journey to motherhood in the midst of Tropical Cyclone Chido
CABO DELGADO PROVINCE, Mozambique – When Tropical Cyclone Chido tore through northern Mozambique in December 2024, 26-year-old Massiala Agostinho was eight months pregnant with her fifth child.
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Underfunded and overlooked: The neglected crises on UNFPA’s radar in 2025
UNITED NATIONS, New York – As the world heads into a new year, humanitarian emergencies in multiple countries are vying for attention – and funds. In 2024, UNFPA’s humanitarian response operations were just 42 per cent…
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“Marriage is a choice”: Working with people with disabilities to address gender-based violence in Madagascar
GRAND SUD REGION, Madagascar – “I live with my six children, one of whom has a disability,” said 40-year-old Zeteny, from the Anôsy region in Madagascar’s Grand Sud region. “I look after my disabled son full-time, and…
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In Egypt, men and boys stand firm against female genital mutilation
UPPER EGYPT, Egypt – “People tell me we inherited this practice – that they’re doing it because their neighbours are doing it,” Georgi Wahba told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.
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5 lessons from 2024 to ensure sexual and reproductive rights for all in 2025
UNITED NATIONS, New York – With a new year comes new hopes for the future. These dreams look different for everyone: Families besieged by war hope for peace and stability; millions of young girls across the world hope…
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New beginnings: Older women displaced by war in Ukraine rebuild confidence and independence through UNFPA support
KYIV, Ukraine – When war reached the Donetsk region of Ukraine, 60-year-old Iryna* was forced to flee the home and community she had built throughout her life.
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“I came to help my sisters”: As Chad grapples with record floods and a refugee crisis, midwives are bridging the divide
N'DJAMENA/OUADDAÏ REGION, Chad – “The water ruined everything – the rice, the money... Everything is under water.” In October 2024, Gloria Nadjitessem, 31, lost her home in Chad’s capital N'Djamena to…
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Do you know your rights? Protections from gender-based violence amid displacement
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Disasters and wars drive people from their homes and into displacement, insecurity, and skyrocketing risk of abuses like rape, child marriage and trafficking.
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Women deliver babies on the road and under fire as catastrophe grips Sudan’s Aj Jazirah State
AJ JAZIRAH STATE, Sudan – This was Amina’s fifth delivery by Caesarean section, but the first performed on the floor of a stranger’s home. “I had to start walking again just six hours later, carrying my baby while my…
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