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A travelling theatre in Guinea-Bissau sparks conversations and changes minds about gender-based violence

Members of Guinea-Bissau’s National Ballet, the Nossa Patria Amada, perform a dance scene at a local market in Bissorã, in the Oio region, to raise awareness against gender-based violence. © UNFPA Guinea-Bissau/Pierre Bussiere

29 February 2024

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From recovery to resilience: Zeynab's story after the earthquakes in Northwest Syria

Thanks to a UNFPA safe space, Zeynab has learned a range of new livelihood skills and is getting back on her feet financially and psychologically following the traumatic earthquakes of February 2023. © Muhannad Barbori/Ihsan Organization.

21 February 2024

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Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives

UNFPA and UNICEF’s Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation works with grassroots activists to encourage communities to abandon the practice. © UNFPA Somalia

26 February 2024

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Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee - Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe

21 February 2024

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UK announces £4.25 million (c. $5.3 million) for UNFPA’s humanitarian response in the occupied Palestinian territories to support women and girls

25 Feb 2024

The new UK contribution will enable UNFPA to provide more critical reproductive health supplies to Gaza. © UNFPA/Bisan Ouda

15 February 2024

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UNFPA urges leaders to address gendered, discriminatory impacts of climate change at COP28

The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) will run from 30 November to 12 December in Dubai. © United Nations

29 November 2023

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After surviving sexual violence, youth leader creates change for girls with disabilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ngoma*, who has a hearing disability, was attacked at aged 15 by a group of boys in her hometown of Matadi in the the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA DRC/Jeremie Kibuya

13 February 2024

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Raising the voices of survivors to create a generation free from female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

Zekia is advocating against female genital mutilation among her community and at school in the Dalocha district, in Ethiopia’s Central region. © UNFPA Ethiopia/MOPIX Production

08 February 2024

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A travelling theatre in Guinea-Bissau sparks conversations and changes minds about gender-based violence

From recovery to resilience: Zeynab's story after the earthquakes in Northwest Syria

Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee - Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe

UK announces £4.25 million (c. $5.3 million) for UNFPA’s humanitarian response in the occupied Palestinian territories to support women and girls

Five ways to change life for women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

UNFPA urges leaders to address gendered, discriminatory impacts of climate change at COP28

After surviving sexual violence, youth leader creates change for girls with disabilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Raising the voices of survivors to create a generation free from female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

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