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BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon – "Batoul was the joy of our home," said Hashem Qallaji, in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon. "She was the laughter. When you sat and talked with her, it was as if she breathed life back into your soul."
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MALÉ, Maldives – "What worries me about the future is that everything is becoming less and less affordable," said Aishath Shaima Shihab, 20, from the Maldives. "Rent is rising and the cost of food and hygiene products...
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BLUE NILE STATE, Sudan – "Some women gave birth on the road," said Sa’aida, a midwife from Bot, in Sudan’s Blue Nile State. "We provided emergency assistance and whatever support was needed. If there hadn't been...
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UNITED NATIONS, Nairobi/HARARE, Zimbabwe – "Every human being deserves to be heard [in order] to start healing when they face any form of violence," said Thulisiwe*, who works with a mobile gender-based violence...
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BANDARBAN DISTRICT, Bangladesh – "When the floodwater entered our home, we were stranded for two days. We couldn't hold on any longer, so we came to this shelter by boat," explained Laila Begum, a 23-year-old...
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LA GUAIRA, Venezuela – "I saw the building collapse, floor by floor. You could hear people screaming and calling for help," said Roberto Rodríguez, 24, who survived two catastrophic earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5...
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UNITED NATIONS, New York – Societies are "heading towards a demographic cliff", according to some headlines. The "global baby bust" is the result of a "feminist revolt", others speculate. Behind the hyperbole is a...
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ITURI PROVINCE, The Democratic Republic of the Congo – "My fear left me when I saw people dying in that camp," said Francine Evhe, who works at a health centre in the Kigonze displacement camp in Bunia, in the...
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – In Foča, a small town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Drina river winds through mountains that once hid the worst of a war. Although the conflict ended 30 years ago, many children still...
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TIERGOL, Ethiopia – Nyajok*, a single mother of three young children, is from Akobo County in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. She fled the outbreak of violence in March and arrived across the border in Ethiopia, frightened...
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SHERPUR, Bangladesh — Banessa Bibi, now in her nineties, cannot remember how many children she brought into this world. She only recalls the three daughters and two sons who survived. In her village, childbirth once...
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UPPER NILE STATE, South Sudan — "I was married and had my first child at 14 years old," said Betty*, who fled conflict in Sudan only to find further uncertainty in South Sudan. Along with more...
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