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Social networks such as advocacy tool for young people in the fight against FGM.
05 September 2018
UNFPA in collaboration with the Djibouti Association for Balance and Family Wellbeing organized training of young peer educators on the use of FGM-related networks, which took…
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The National Human Rights Commission as a driver of change to accelerate the abandonment of FGM
29 August 2018
As part of the work to promote the rights to sexual and reproductive health-related to FGM, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in partnership with the National Commission…
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Women leaders at the heart of the fight against FGM
18 June 2018
The National Union of Djiboutian Women in collaboration with UNFPA organized a training workshop on the referral of victims of VFG-MGF to the care facilities from 18 to 19 June…
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UNFPA ANNUAL REPORT 2017
06 June 2018
Year on year, millions of women and adolescents in 155 countries and territories have been progressively able to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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Nine standards to uphold the human right to family planning
13 May 2018
UNFPA and the World Health Organization have recognized nine standards that must be met in every community, for every individual.
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Fifty years ago, it became official: Family planning is a human right
13 May 2018
Fifty years ago, on 13 May, the world declared family planning to be a basic human right.
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Protecting reproductive rights of rural women: a pathway to a more equal world
08 March 2018
The economic inequalities plaguing much of the world today are reinforced by many other forms of inequality, including inequalities in sexual and reproductive health. More than…
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Training Workshop for Young Peer Educators on Sexual and Reproductive Health
25 February 2018
L’Association Djiboutienne pour l’Équilibre et la Promotion de la Famille (ADEPF) in partnership with IPPF and the UNFPA office organized a training workshop for trainers in…
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“I refused”: Brave women and girls take a stand against FGM
06 February 2018
UNITED NATIONS, New York/Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO – Fourteen-year-old Latifatou Compaoré learned the spirit of resistance from her mother. Her mother was subjected to female…
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