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On the move: A new mobile clinic reaches refugee women in the Balkans
TABANOVCE, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – On a bleak, cold day in late February, hundreds of refugees, bundled in winter coats and carrying bulging bags and baskets, stream into the... Read more
Report warns refugee women on the move in Europe are at risk of sexual and gender-based violence
NEW YORK/GENEVA — Oumo*, a young woman from sub-Saharan Africa, is fleeing persecution that has left her brother-in-law dead and her sister missing. Fearing for her life, she made the dangerous and... Read more
Health needs paramount as refugees and migrants stream through Serbia
SID, Serbia – Every day, thousands of refugees and migrants stream through Serbia, one leg of their perilous journey towards safety and stability. So far this year, one million migrants and refugees... Read more
Turkmenistan contributes $1 million to UNFPA country programme
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — The Government of Turkmenistan will contribute $1 million to the UNFPA’s 2016-2020 country programme. The agreement, signed by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister... Read more
Youth advocates take on child marriage, gender inequality in Albania
KORÇA, Albania – “When I was sixth grade, my mother used to say, very often, ‘Finish this year, and do not go to school anymore’,” said Gina,* a youth advocate from the marginalized Roma community in... Read more
Essential health needs of women often neglected in assistance after natural disasters, conflicts
UNITED NATIONS, New York — The health needs of women and adolescents are too often neglected in humanitarian response to natural disasters and conflicts around the world, even though whether women... Read more
When time won't wait: Meeting basic health needs for pregnant women on the move
“I was three months pregnant and worried about what this trip would do to my baby, but I didn’t have a choice. We had to go,” says Leyla Ashur, one of the few hundred Syrians allowed to cross into... Read more
Post-rape care needed to protect against HIV in conflict-affected Ukraine
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Zhanna*, 36, is an HIV-positive mother of two in the conflict-affected Donetsk Region of Ukraine. She says she contracted HIV from her former partner, a man who beat and raped... Read more
Y-Peer Moldova brings sexual health education to vulnerable youth
CHISINAU, the Republic of Moldova – “It is not easy at all for me to live alone,” Tudor told UNFPA. He has been living by himself since he was 13 years old, when the last of his family members moved... Read more
Regional training courses on SRH clinical guidelines launched in Moldova
CHISINAU, Moldova — A new regional training course that aims to improve the quality of sexual and reproductive health care in Eastern Europe and Central Asia was launched here 7-11 September by UNFPA... Read more