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20 October 2016
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The power of 10: Ten astonishing facts about 10-year-old girls
Forced marriage, child labour, female genital mutilation and other practices undermining girls’ health and rights threaten the world’s ambitious development agenda, warns UNFPA,…
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09 October 2016
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Hardworking Somali midwives to receive incentives
A group of midwives working in rural areas in Puntland, Somalia will be receiving incentives for going the extra mile in reaching out to the vulnerable and the hard-to-reach…
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06 October 2016
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Promoting birth spacing to save lives
A new pool of 25 health personnel has been created in Somalia to contribute to saving the lives of women and newborn babies through the provision of birth spacing methods. Somalia…
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05 October 2016
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The trek towards fistula repair
Abdisalam Bahwal, UNFPA Somalia Behaviour Change Communication and Family Planning Analyst, who is based in the Garowe office, narrates a story of a fistula survivour, Farhiya,…
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03 October 2016
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Young people in Mogadishu tackle health issues
Fifty-six young people in Somalia have been sharing experiences and debating on reproductive health issues affecting the youth through a series of weekly health talks that went on…
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12 September 2016
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In readiness with reproductive health kits for crisis situations
The Puntland State of Somalia is strengthening its efforts to be ready to respond to reproductive health needs during crisis situations, particularly among women and girls of…
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05 September 2016
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Puntland passes law against sexual offences
The Puntland Parliament on August 2016 passed a law criminalising all sexual offences in the Puntland State of Somalia. The parliamentary session, which passed the Sexual Offence…
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31 August 2016
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Somaliland delivering hope and saving lives in drought affected areas
UNFPA, in collaboration with the Somaliland Nursing and Midwifery Association and the Ministry of Health, has been supporting maternal and child health facilities and referral…
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28 August 2016
Press Release
African leaders, partners commit to actions to empower youth, women to transform Africa
African, Japanese and other leaders at the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), in Nairobi, agreed today on more international actions to…
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