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Fifty years ago, it became official: Family planning is a human right
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Fifty years ago, on 13 May, the world declared family planning to be a basic human right. Throughout all of human history, efforts to plan, avoid or delay pregnancy had... Read more
A ‘gynaecologist at my fingertips’ for millions of smartphone users
ISTANBUL – Having the popular period-tracker app and women’s health platform Flo on a smartphone is “like having a gynaecologist at my fingertips”, one user raves in online reviews of the app. Flo “... Read more
Helping medical professionals step up to the challenge of preventing cervical cancer
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Each year, some 300 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which has one of the highest incidence rates of the disease in all of... Read more
Real men do chores too: Engaging fathers in domestic tasks and caregiving to combat gender inequality
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The idea of a workshop to teach men how to iron clothes was initially greeted with skepticism, if not outright mockery, by Aleksandar Grujic’s male peers in the former Yugoslav... Read more
Syrian refugee women get ‘second chance in life’ as health mediators in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey — When Amira* was 14 years old and growing up in Syria, she agreed to marry a man she didn’t love to fulfil her dying mother’s wish to witness her daughter’s wedding day. But once they... Read more
Depicting life for Roma girls on stage to combat early marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Growing up in poverty, Ruža felt trapped and betrayed when her brother arranged for her to be married off to an older man at the age of 15, forcing her to drop out... Read more
Tackling violence against women and girls through evidence-based policies
UNITED NATIONS, New York — The robust collection of data and the adoption of policies based upon it can help countries successfully tackle the global scourge of violence against women and girls,... Read more
UNFPA partners with period-tracker app Flo to bring reproductive health information to millions of users
ISTANBUL/MINSK – UNFPA has entered into a new partnership with OWHealth, the parent company behind the popular period-tracker app and women’s health platform Flo, which has over 13 million active... Read more
Empowering local first responders to reach refugee and migrant women
ATHENS, Greece/UNITED NATIONS, New York – Over two years ago, Greece became the centre of a refugee and migration crisis, with hundreds of thousands of people streaming into the country, many of them... Read more
A story of violence: 16 objects show the reality of gender-based violence around the world
Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights abuse in the world, affecting every country and community.