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Peer-to-peer information is power: The hotline equipping young people in Paraguay to exert their rights
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay – Hardly a day goes by when the phone doesn’t ring: Young people call and write to Paraguay’s peer-to-peer, comprehensive sexuality education hotline constantly to ask about menstruation, sexually…
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Empowering indigenous women in Venezuela to become mothers by choice, not chance
ZULIA, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela – “The last time I was in labour, I was on the brink of death,” said Omaira Opikuko, a member of the Yukpa indigenous community in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
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Nurturing hope and leadership among Gaza’s young people
GAZA, Palestine – “My message to the world is how important it is to strengthen the role of youth in societies, and to invest in their potential,” said twenty-three-year old Sarah Al Shamali, from Gaza City.
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Supporting the first line of response amid climate crises in Yemen
SA’ADA GOVERNORATE, Yemen – “My children and I are suffering from illnesses and my husband is in prison,” said 31-year-old Amina Ismail Qasim. “Now I’ve lost my daughter, the pain is unbearable.”
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“Bringing smiles to mothers and babies”: Midwives promote safe births at Nimbo health centre in Côte D’Ivoire
BOUAKÉ, Côte D’Ivoire – Entrepreneur Rosine Gnohou was at a prenatal check-up when the midwife she was seeing delivered some concerning news: Her amniotic fluid levels were low.
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Empowering adolescent girls in Niger to take control of their lives – and futures
TESSAOUA DEPARTMENT, Niger – “Every young girl must have an economic activity. It’s humiliating to ask for money: You have to look out for yourself,” said 17-year-old Maimounatou, who lives in Tessaoua, in Niger’s south…
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Respectful maternity care in Paraguay puts women's autonomy at the centre of childbirth
KATUETE/ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay – Preparing to give birth for the first time at age 39, Claudelina Ortellado Portillo was anxious. “Because of my age and because everything was new to me, plus I had a hard time getting…
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In Georgia, an LGBTQIA+ advocate making HIV prevention and health care accessible for all
TBILISI, Georgia – As a social worker for the LGBTQIA+ community in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, Beka Gabadadze quickly learned how a person’s gender identity and expression can affect every part of their life.
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“Hope dies last”: UNFPA helpline empowers gender-based violence survivors in Azerbaijan
BAKU, Azerbaijan – Aynur* recalled the beginning of her relationship with Rauf* as “blissful”. The 24-year-old had recently completed a Master’s degree in Poland, returning to her home in Azerbaijan to begin a career as…
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