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11 July 2020
Statement
Peace in the home: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls – even during COVID-19
Peace in our world begins with peace in the home, as the United Nations Secretary-General stated in his call for a global ‘ceasefire’ on gender-based violence –…
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10 July 2020
News
Costs should never be a barrier for women to access maternal health care: UNFPA Uganda innovates to end preventable maternal deaths
Every day in Uganda about 12 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, according to an analysis of data from the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey…
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10 July 2020
News
Saving mothers and babies in Yumbe through ambulance services
YUMBE: Twenty - year- old Siasa Hasfa was heavily pregnant and tried to deliver at home. A South Sudanese refugee living in Juba village, Limidia Parish, Kochi sub-county of…
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30 June 2020
Press Release
Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices
Every year, millions of girls are subjected to practices that harm them physically and emotionally, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and communities,…
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30 June 2020
News
Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls
Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are harmed physically or psychologically, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and communities…
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25 June 2020
News
Young people need more health services and information during the COVID-19 lockdown period
ADJUMANI DISTRICT: Nineteen year-old Martin Kidaga is a senior three student, currently at home following closure of schools in March on the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in…
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19 June 2020
Statement
A Blight on Humanity’s Conscience
Sexual violence in conflict is a threat to our collective security, a violation of international law and a blight on humanity’s conscience. As a weapon of war, it subjugates women…
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15 June 2020
Statement
Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice
This is a moment of suffering for many people, especially people of African descent. We at UNFPA stand in solidarity in the global fight against racism and support the peaceful…
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12 June 2020
Press Release
UNFPA and SafeBoda launch e-shop for door-to-door delivery of reproductive health commodities during COVID-19 pandemic
June 12 2020, Kampala, Uganda - UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency and ride-hailing company SafeBoda have today launched an e-Shop that will enable…
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