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A choice for all: Different needs, different choices

13 Sep 2023

Access to contraception and choice is central to women’s empowerment. It gives women the ability to control their own bodies and their own futures.
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Five things you need to know about consent

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  • 01 September 2023
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Beating the odds: Resilience, hope and safe births at a UNFPA mobile clinic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Midwife Fyfy Omoyi hands Ms. Bembeleza her newborn, who was delivered safely at the UNFPA mobile health clinic at the Bulengo displacement camp. The camp is currently sheltering more than 100,000 people who have fled brutal conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ©UNFPA DRC/Jonas Yunus
  • 31 August 2023
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“Sometimes she was desperate”: How survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are healing with the help of UNFPA’s frontline workers

Anny* and her daughter were raped at gunpoint while collecting firewood near the Bulengo camp for internally displaced people, where they are taking shelter from the conflict in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA DRC/Junior Mayindu
  • 18 August 2023
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Tents create safe spaces and access to reproductive health services

27 Jul 2023

In times of both new and pro-longed conflicts, as well as devastating weather events, the multi-functioning tents serve as safe spaces, creating a supportive environment for women and their families.
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The threads that bind: How bilum-weaving in Papua New Guinea tells stories from the lives of women and girls

Florence Jaukae Kamel is a bilum weaver and entrepreneur. © UNFPA Papua New Guinea
  • 05 July 2023
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“We are making a difference”: Advocating against period poverty and female genital mutilation in The Gambia

Reusable pads shared at St. John's School for the Deaf.  © UNFPA The Gambia
  • 29 May 2023
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In Angola, young people help shatter the stigma around comprehensive sexuality education

Eva Monteiro Teixeira, a mentor with the UNFPA Safeguard Young People programme, leads a discussion on sexual and reproductive health at the Escola Grafanil in Luanda. © UNFPA Angola/K Karlo Cesar
  • 05 June 2023
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