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Integration of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Gender-Based Violence Considerations in Emergency Shelters

The purpose of this guide is to support shelter managers and coordinators as well as Health Providers, National Ministries of Health (MoH), National Gender Machineries (NGM), Natio...

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Legal Barriers that affect Adolescent Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago's legislative framework, which establishes the age of sexual consent as 18, prevents adolescents under the age of 18 from accessing Sexual and Reproductive ...

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State of World Population 2020

Defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality Every year, millions of girls are subjected to practices that harm them physically and emotionally, with t...

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Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 Report

This report captures the unique essence, substance and outcomes of the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25: Accelerating the Promise, co-convened by the governments of Kenya, Denmark and...

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COVID-19: A Gender Lens

The COVID-19 pandemic, through a gender lens Diseases affect men and women differently. A new eight-page technical brief from the Gender and Human Rights Branch, COVID-19: A Gen...

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Jamaican Entertainers Commit to Spotlight Initiative

“What a day when war becomes a thing of the past and peace, we will have it at last and life is finally worth its cost”, sang international recording artiste and GBV survivor Tanya...

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Humanitarian Action 2020 Overview

The UNFPA Humanitarian Action 2020 Overview describes global needs for women, girls and young people who have been affected by humanitarian crises. It also showcases prio...

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165 Million Reasons

165 Million Reasons: A call for investment in adolescents and youth in Latin America and the Caribbean.

State of World Population Report

State of World Population 2019

Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and when to marry, and when or whether...