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Parliamentarians engage in law reform on gender-based violence and harmful practices
02 May 2019
The National Human Rights Commission with the support of UNFPA initiated a behavior change movement towards harmful practices with the public declaration of commitment of…
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New adolescent-friendly centre to empower girls
29 April 2019
UNFPA, in collaboration with the National Union of Djiboutian Women, inaugurated an adolescent-friendly centre to provide girls with safe spaces where they can receive information…
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Top 5 things you didn’t know about female genital mutilation
25 April 2019
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Too often, the first message a girl receives about her body is that it is imperfect – too fat or too thin, too dark or too freckled…
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World must work harder to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all, says new UNFPA report
10 April 2019
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 10 April 2019— The global reproductive rights movement that began in the 1960s transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of women,…
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Vulgarization of the Civil Registration System Reform and Vital Statistic
24 March 2019
A high-level conference on the launch of a handbook and a practical guide for registration of civil status records was held under the patronage of the Minister of the Interior and…
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A study on the achievements of the status of women in Djibouti
12 March 2019
As part of the celebration of the National Women's Week from March 10 to 18, 2019, the Ministry of Women and Family and the National Union of Djiboutian Women in partnership with…
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Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030
06 February 2019
Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely and experienced agonizing pain. The scarring she…
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Awareness campaign on FGM through social networks for young people on
06 February 2019
As part of the international day against FGM, UNFPA organized an awareness campaign on social networks to reach the maximum of young people and drew their attention to this…
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Conference on Harmful Practices and the Social Media Awareness Campaign on FGM
02 February 2019
UNFPA in collaboration with the Independent Research Institute of the Horn of Africa (IRICA) organized a high-level conference under the chairmanship of the Minister of Women on…
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