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From child bride to beauty expert: one Jordanian woman’s story
On most weekday afternoons, you can find 22-year-old Hiba* working at a salon in Amman. But what few of her clients know is that she was once a child bride – an experience that haunted her for years.
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Dix actions pour un monde plus juste
Des inégalités profondes menacent les économies, les communautés et les nations, selon le rapport phare de l'UNFPA, État de la population mondiale 2017, publié aujourd'hui.
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Young women emerge as responders, leaders in Nepal flooding
Flooding in southern Nepal this August affected over a million people, displacing tens of thousands . The destruction was widespread in Rautahat District, where 20-year-old Priyanka Singh lives.
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Inégalité des genres : témoignages de cinq jeunes filles à travers le monde
Malgré des années d’efforts et de progrès, l’égalité totale entre les genres n’a pas encore été atteinte. Aucun pays dans le monde n’échappe à la violence ou aux discriminations basées sur le genre. Dans trop d'…
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HIV prevention efforts must reach vulnerable girls and young women
More than one in five adults in Swaziland are HIV-positive, according to the most recent data, and the rates are highest among women. Despite these dangers, young people – and young women in particular – often lack the…
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Safe spaces offer relief as fighting in Marawi rages on
Jamela Sani stood before a group of girls and new mothers, explaining that violence against women is an abuse – and that help is available. They were gathered in a tent in Pawak, a village about five kilometres from the…
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Women stand strong after Irma
A scurry of activity greeted visitors at one of Antigua’s two largest temporary shelters, National Technical Training Centre, which houses around 70 Barbudans displaced by Hurricane Irma. Shelter manager Samantha…
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Les dirigeants défendent l’accès au matériel de santé reproductive dans les contextes de crise
« Mon mari et moi étions d’accord pour prendre part à la planification familiale et ne pas avoir plus d’enfants, mais il a subi des pressions de sa famille et je suis à nouveau tombée enceinte », expliquait il y a…
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Cholera poses grave risks to pregnant women in conflict-affected Nigeria
Yana, 25, was three months pregnant when she fell sick with cholera just days ago. “I was already suffering, but then I started bleeding, and the baby is gone now,” she told UNFPA in one of the tent wards for cholera…
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