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7 Ways Safe Spaces Help Rohingya Women in Bangladesh’s Refugee Camps
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7 Ways Safe Spaces Help Rohingya Women in Bangladesh’s Refugee Camps
Over 1.3 million people have fled persecution in Myanmar for nearby Bangladesh. About one-quarter of those migrants are women and girls of reproductive age.   Over the last year, UNFPA, the United Nation’s reproductive health and rights agency, has supported 20 women-friendly…
Violence Against Women – UNFPA’s Work to Make Gender-Based Violence a Thing of the Past
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Violence Against Women – UNFPA’s Work to Make Gender-Based Violence a Thing of the Past
Violence against women and girls is all too common. 1 in 3 women will experience sexual or physical abuse by a partner at some point in their lives. 1 in 5 women were sexually abused as children.   Acts of violence – meant to control how…
Statement on the United States Decision to Again Withhold Funding from UNFPA
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Statement on the United States Decision to Again Withhold Funding from UNFPA
UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, notes with regret the determination by the United States of America to withhold funds from UNFPA for the third consecutive year. UNFPA has not yet seen the evidence to justify the…
Ending Female Genital Mutilation: 5 Communities and Countries Leading the Way
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Ending Female Genital Mutilation: 5 Communities and Countries Leading the Way
Every year, more than 3 million girls are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). That means that right now there 200 million survivors of FGM in the world and the number is growing.

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