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JAVA/LOMBOK ISLANDS, Indonesia – The districts of Brebes, Lombok Timur and Serang may be geographically distant, but they share a common struggle: The silence surrounding gender-based violence, as stigma and...
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HAJJAH GOVERNORATE, Yemen – "I strongly believe that girls impact the family: When a girl is educated, she can teach her sons and daughters," said Aida Damoom, a 25-year-old teacher in Yemen’s northwestern Hajjah...
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SUDAN – "I was scared to see my neighbourhood again after two years of displacement," said Sulaima, 32, who returned to Khartoum at the end of March. "There were bodies everywhere. I saw the body of a child in front of...
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THE WEST BANK, Occupied Palestinian Territory – "I suffered from postpartum fever, but reaching the hospital was nearly impossible because of the siege on medical services," said 26-year-old Sara*, from the Nur Shams...
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UPPER NILE STATE, South Sudan – Mary Kak is threading beads onto a string, making jewellery she hopes to later sell at a marketplace in Renk, a border town in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York – An average of 712 women die every day during pregnancy or childbirth – one woman every two minutes – according to a new United Nations report. Released today, this report finds that a...
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MANDALAY, Myanmar— "I’ve lived here all my life, but I have never experienced anything as devastating as this earthquake," said 55-year-old Than in Mandalay, her voice trembling. "Everything fell apart in seconds."
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NORTH KIVU PROVINCE, The Democratic Republic of the Congo – Chance Azina walked slowly along the streets of Goma in North Kivu Province, her body weighed down by the heat at seven months pregnant. Like many others, she...
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NORTHERN STATE, Sudan – In late 2024, armed men forced their way into Layla’s* home in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, while she was alone with her children. "They arrested my son and took me to a separate car," she...
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BANGUI PREFECTURE/BIRAO, The Central African Republic – "Life is dangerous for women in this camp," said Mariam Zakaria, 32, who recently fled brutal violence and conflict in Sudan, returning to the Central African...
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HOMS, The Syrian Arab Republic – "The people in Syria are destroyed from war. There has been no year that has been okay for us. My generation has suffered a lot," said Maryam,* a 21-year old woman from Homs in western...
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GAZA STRIP, Occupied Palestinian Territory – Two weeks into her ninth month of pregnancy, Roozan Abu Jbarah hoped she would manage to give birth safely. "I’ve been having pain and my water broke," she told UNFPA, the...
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