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17 April 2024
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When crises cut off health care, community members fill the gaps
Duha, a 28-year-old single mother, was already a refugee from the war in the Syrian Arab Republic, living in Türkiye’s Hatay Province, when two powerful earthquakes struck in…
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17 April 2024
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Supporting women with disabilities in North Macedonia realize their right to give birth
"I always dreamed of having my own family,” said Sashka Smilkova. “But the family didn’t think I could get pregnant because of my disability. They even thought I might die giving…
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17 April 2024
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Why respecting women's rights and choices is key to tackling demographic change
A new report published by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warns that persistent inequalities in society hold back development – and, as UNFPA Regional Director Florence…
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20 March 2024
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With EU support, UN Women and UNFPA launch the second phase of the programme promoting gender equality and shifting discriminatory gender stereotypes in Eastern Partnership countries
The UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and the UNFPA Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, together with the European Union (EU), started the…
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19 March 2024
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Ukrainian refugees find life-saving care – and a support network – at Moldovan hospital
To Alina, the Gheorghe Paladi hospital in the Moldovan capital, Chișinău, has meant many things: Shelter. Survival. And now, solidarity and support. Last year, Russia’s full-scale…
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08 March 2024
Press Release
International Women’s Day 2024 Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
Invest in women and girls: Inspire inclusion, promote prosperity A peaceful and prosperous future depends on the empowerment of women and girls. Thirty years ago, at the…
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23 February 2024
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Born into war: Caring for babies close to the front line in Ukraine
Two years into the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, a hospital near the front line is saving the most vulnerable citizens – babies born into war – with state-of-the-art…
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31 January 2024
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Uzbekistan gears up for first census in thirty years, with support from Belarus
As Uzbekistan is gearing up to hold its first population and housing census since 1989, the authorities have been able to draw on experiences from Belarus, under a cooperation…
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26 January 2024
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Vaccination campaign in Serbia aims to eliminate cervical cancer
“It takes time for cancer patients to realise what they're really up against," said Violeta Ivković. Thirty years ago, Ms. Ivković, from Belgrade, Serbia, was a working mother…
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