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To Sleep with Anger: Domestic Violence and Rape Fuel AIDS in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The child Elizabeth holds in her thin arms is wizened and fretful.
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Haiti: Curbing Sexual Violence at a Time of Political Turmoil
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Every day, Lovely (11) and Laura (12) hang out at the <i>Champs de Mars</i>, the main plaza in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.
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Kenyan Catholic Diocese Spearheads HIV Prevention Among Young People
NAKURU, Kenya — George O. and his girlfriend of four years were living an idyllic romance.
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The Face of Extreme Poverty in Suburban Bucharest
BUCIUMENI, Romania — Just 30 kilometres outside Romania's picturesque capital, past quiet, leafy suburbs, lies a complete anomaly.
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Romania: Improving Reproductive Health One District at a Time
BRANCENI, Romania — It is just 10 a.m., but the reception hall of the Family Doctor Clinic in the village of Branceni – some 80 kilometers west of Bucharest in the Teleorman District – is filled with women and their…
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Youth for Youth: Increasing Awareness, Changing Behaviour in Romania
BUCHAREST, Romania — It's a busy day for Gabriela Ghencea, 21, a volunteer with the Romanian NGO, Youth for Youth Foundation.
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New UNFPA Effort to Assist Women Suffering from Niger's Food Crisis
NIAMEY, Niger — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, launched a new initiative earlier this month to help the millions of pregnant and nursing women affected by the ongoing food crisis in Niger.
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UNFPA Observes 2005 International Day of Older Persons in Turkmenistan
TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan — The contributions of Turkmenistan’s seniors to their country were acknowledged in two days of festivities in the Caspian Sea city of Turkmenbashi.
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'We Saved the Life of That Woman' -- Mobile Teams Respond to Pakistan Health Crisis
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan-administered Kashmir — Bushra, 17, went into labour a few days after the earthquake struck, but the baby didn’t come.
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