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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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RUDAKI, Tajikistan – At a maternity house in Tajikistan’s western Rudaki district, women and girls can seek some unexpected, yet sorely needed, extra services. Thanks to an initiative by UNFPA, the United Nations sexual...
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MARIB/TAIZZ, Yemen – At just 26 years old, Abeer has already lived through nearly a decade of war in Yemen. She fled her home in Dhamar in 2016, walking and hitchhiking for eight hours with her husband and young...
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UNITED NATIONS, New York – As 2024 draws to a close, the world is grappling with ever-intensifying crises. UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, has just launched a 1ドル.4 billion humanitarian...
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GAZA STRIP, Occupied Palestinian Territory – "My pregnancy during the war was very difficult," 28-year-old Nadia* told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. "I was really afraid for the baby."
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ZANZIBAR, United Republic of Tanzania – "When I learned about family planning, I felt like I had control over my life," said Mwanaisha Rajabu, a 28-year-old mother of three living in Fuoni, a village on the Unguja...
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