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12 August 2020
Statement
Youth leading the way in COVID-19 solutions
Young people have been frontline responders to the COVID-19 pandemic. They are health workers, activists, innovators, and social and community workers.
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06 August 2020
News
Girl who stopped her child marriage at 17 is a change agent for others
'If I had not convinced my parents to postpone my marriage they had planned at the age of 17, I would have ruined my life'
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06 August 2020
News
OCMC brings back smiles
A woman with serious short- and long-term consequences on her mental health and social well-being now living a happy life
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05 August 2020
News
Sexual assault survivor gets a new lease on life
On 25 July 2017, she was on her way home as dusk slowly fell. She wanted to be home before dark. Although her home was not far away, she was slightly afraid of walking…
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30 July 2020
News
We must win the battle against human trafficking
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem World Day Against Trafficking in Persons Every year, tens of thousands of people are trafficked across and…
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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
Sexual and reproductive health care is a right, and like pregnancies and childbirth, human rights don’t stop for pandemics. Together, let’s put the brakes on COVID-19 and…
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09 July 2020
News
Adolescent girls band together, showing communities ‘she counts’
Exposed to poverty, poor infrastructure and damaging notions that girls are less valuable than boys, many girls in rural Nepal accept these conditions as fate. But increasingly…
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08 July 2020
Press Release
Joint Press Statement on PSEA and GBV during COVID-19 response
All actors involved in the COVID-19 response need to continue to respect the right of all people, especially women and girls, youth, minorities and marginalised groups, to be safe…
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08 July 2020
Press Release
यौन शोषण तथा दुर्व्यवहार र लैङ्गिक हिंसा सम्बन्धी संयुक्त प्रेस वक्तव्य
कोभिड–१९ प्रतिकार्यमा संलग्न सबै पक्षहरूले सबै व्यक्ति, विशेष गरी महिला तथा किशोरी, युवायुवती, अल्पसङ्ख्यक र सीमान्तीकृत समूहहरूको सहायता प्राप्त गर्ने क्रममा हुने भेदभाव, यौन…
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