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16 July 2020
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Putting the brakes on COVID-19: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls
Officially, the COVID-19 pandemic has sickened 11 million people and left more than half a million dead. But the full toll of this catastrophe has been incalculably greater…
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30 June 2020
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Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are harmed physically or psychologically, with the full knowledge and consent of their…
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30 June 2020
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Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices
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03 June 2020
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A Coronavirus survivor speaks of joy after childbirth
“I am filled with joy when I wake up in the morning to see my husband by my side; my newborn baby lying in her bed; and to be greeted by my other two children. It was like I…
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05 May 2020
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Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2020
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31 March 2020
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Epi-surveillance and contact tracing key to breaking COVID-19 transmission in Liberia
On 16 March 2020, Liberia confirmed the presence of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within its borders. One week later, health authorities declared a public health emergency;…
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07 February 2020
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Liberia: adolescents take advantage of information and services to prevent unplanned pregnancies
When I realized that I was pregnant, I just said to myself that the bad luck [misfortune] in my family has followed me. As was with my mother who got pregnant as a teen and…
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06 December 2019
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"I prefer being without a mother than to compromise my dignity": a rape survivor declares
“I first thought they were honest with their request to escort me home, but they raped me”, says Harriet (not her real name).
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10 October 2019
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All-in-one injectable contraceptive, subcutaneous DMPA warms the hearts of women in rural Liberia
"Sayana Press can overcome access barriers by enabling health worker administration in remote locations, and even self-injection," says Mrs. Bentoe Z. Tehoungue, Director, Family…
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