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17 December 2022
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Safe birth is a right!
It was a happy occasion at the Badbaado Maternal and Child Health (MCH) center in the Dalxiiska IDP site in Kismayo, Somalia, after the facility funded by UNFPA successfully…
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16 December 2022
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Statement by UNFPA Somalia Representative Niyi Ojuolape on the recent incidence of 20 girls being subjected to FGM in Kismayo, Jubaland
UNFPA strongly condemns the recently reported incident of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kismayo, Jubaland, in which 20 girls were subjected to this harmful and discriminatory…
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30 November 2022
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2022
More than 40 years into the AIDS epidemic, we can mark significant advances in stopping the spread of HIV and mitigating its consequences. Yet in 2021, 1.5 million new HIV…
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15 November 2022
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Day of 8 Billion: What it means for Somalia
On the 15th of November, 2022, the world’s population is expected to reach 8 billion. While we embrace this milestone, we must recognize that even as the global population grows,…
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20 September 2022
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The Netherlands adds $2.1 million to UNFPA’s Somali Youth Empowerment project
20 September 2022, Mogadishu - The Kingdom of the Netherlands has provided UNFPA Somalia with 2.1 million US Dollars to support the “Accelerated Socio-economic Empowerment of…
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19 September 2022
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Unfamiliar Justice: Regaining hope - Khadijo's story
“I am the eldest of my siblings and live with our mother in a small Bur. My siblings and I share a mat, while my mother sleeps with our youngest brother, he is still a baby” …
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14 August 2022
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UNFPA announces winners of Joint Innovation Challenge: ten projects that will change the lives of women and girls
UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, is pleased to announce the ten winners of its first-ever Joint Innovation Challenge, a competition to provide funding for…
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27 July 2022
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Empowering Youth Across the Nation Using Soft Skills
Somalia has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world at a staggering 67 per cent among 14–29-year-olds. Disconcertingly, the International Labor Organization (ILO)…
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05 July 2022
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Positively impacting her community: working as a clinical officer in Puntland
Farhiya is a hard-working young woman. Since 2018, she works at Y-PEER Puntland as a clinic officer, peer educator, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) advocate and…
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