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06 November 2015
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Analytical reports for Somalia data under development
UNFPA in collaboration with Somali authorities and with the support of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and Swedish Embassy has organised a workshop to…
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29 October 2015
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Using Performance and Poetry to Break the Silence in Somalia
The troupe of male and female entertainers emerges from their van in the centre of town, stomping and clapping and drumming on empty water bottles as a crowd, drawn by the music,…
Read story01 October 2015
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On a quest to save women's lives
Maymuun is from Lower Shabelle, a rural area south of Mogadishu in the Federal Government of Somalia. She is in her final stages of the direct entry midwifery course in the…
Read story04 September 2015
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Improving midwifery education in Somalia
Representatives from midwifery schools, associations, and ministries of health for the Federal Government of Somalia, Puntland and Somaliland came together with UNFPA from August…
Read story02 September 2015
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A safe house for GBV survivors in Mogadishu
A safe house, to be used as temporary protection accommodation for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) whose security and safety have been compromised, opened in Mogadishu…
Read story31 August 2015
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More reproductive health services for the underserved in Somalia
In its quest to reach the underserved with reproductive health services, UNFPA Somalia is providing technical and financial support to ministries of health in South Central,…
Read story24 August 2015
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Strengthening Somalia’s Supply Chain Management System for RH commodities
UNFPA Somalia continues to work on strengthening the Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) for all the three zones of Somalia in Mogadishu, Somaliland and Puntland…
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22 August 2015
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Somalia moving towards ratifying CEDAW
n the quest to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) conducted a technical…
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Ensuring NO woman dies giving birth in a humanitarian situation
Fatuma's story "My name is Fatuma Abdi; I am 30 years old and a mother of five children. I live in Dalxiska IDP camp here in Kismayo. When I got pregnant for the fifth…
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