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Do you know your rights? Protections from gender-based violence amid displacement

In Haiti, this mother-of-six was raped while four months pregnant and fleeing from gang violence. © UNFPA Haiti/Wendy Desert
  • 13 December 2024
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Women and girls need urgent support after the recent earthquake in Vanuatu

Published on: 06/01/2025

80,000 people, including 1,230 pregnant women, need humanitarian assistance after the devastating earthquake in Vanuatu.

“It pains me to see this vibrant country battered by yet another natural disaster,” says Dr. Natalia Kanem, who recently visited the Pacific island.

See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action.

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“I came to help my sisters”: As Chad grapples with record floods and a refugee crisis, midwives are bridging the divide

A woman collects clean drinking water in a camp sheltering more than 4,000 displaced people after the Chari River flooded in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, in October 2024. Credit: © UNFPA Chad / Karel Prinsloo
  • 17 December 2024
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17 December 2024

27 November 2024

09 December 2024

Human Rights Day

10 December 2024

Global

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Statement

Heeding the voices of persons with disabilities for the benefit of all

27 November 2024

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International Day of Persons With Disabilities

03 December 2024

Global

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12 November 2024

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