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21 June 2022
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International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
When wars begin, so does the terror and devastation of sexual violence. The bodies of women and girls become battlefields. Rape is used as a weapon of war just as surely as the…
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23 May 2022
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Young people address challenges and explore opportunities of transition from learning to employment in the Middle East and North Africa/Arab States region
Statement by Dr. Ruba Jaradat, ILO Regional Director for Arab States, Dr. Khalida Bouzar, UN Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional…
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12 May 2022
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Killing of women and girls must stop
Cairo, May 11, 2022 - Shireen Abu Aqla, a Palestinian journalist and Al-Jazeera correspondent in Palestine, lost her life while covering the events in Jenin camp at dawn today,…
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05 May 2022
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Midwives’ role goes beyond childbirth: Let's empower them
Sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health (SRMNAH) is an essential component of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Arab region has a total of 1.35 million…
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05 May 2022
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Global health systems must invest in midwives
When heavy monsoon rains flooded refugee camps in Bangladesh, it was midwife Shakila Parvin who, in knee-high water, delivered twins to a hypertensive mother and stabilized her…
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25 April 2022
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UNFPA Supports Women's Resilience through Economic Empowerment in Syria
Hind is one of 40 women who joined the women-empowerment training at the beginning of 2022. The training is provided continuously in the UNFPA-supported women’s and girls’ safe…
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01 April 2022
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Amidst Challenges and Hardship, new life emerges in Al Bukamal, Deir ez-Zor
UNFPA’s team visited the city of Al Bukamal, Deir ez-Zor Governorate located in eastern Syria on the border of Iraq with a population of approximately 35,000. This was the first…
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16 March 2022
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Changes comes from within - Celebrating women’s strengths and resilience
The United Nations Populations Funds celebrate a group of women who suffered a variety of gender-based violence and harmful practices. But they gathered all their strengths and…
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08 March 2022
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Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day
More than 1.7 million people, mostly women and children, have now fled from their homes in Ukraine to neighbouring countries. For them, displacement will bring increased…
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