UNFPA United Nations Population Fund [to 7 February 2015]
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6 February 2015
News
The start of a movement: Girls rising up against FGM
TARIME, Tanzania – Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation – one that can lead to haemorrhage, infection, complications during childbirth, infertility, and, in some cases, even death. Yet it remains…
5 February 2015
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Empowering women to lead the change: One woman’s fight against FGM
DOKA, Sudan – Like the vast majority of women in Sudan, Haja Aicha underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) as a child. And like many women, she says the procedure was agonizing. But unlike most people, Haja Aicha has…
3 February 2015
News
Ebola survivors facing stigma, unemployment, exclusion
MONROVIA, Liberia – After recovering from the near-death experience of an Ebola infection, survivors in Liberia are reporting that their ordeal is not yet over. Many say they are encountering hostility, exclusion and…