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20 March 2020
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As pandemic rages, women and girls face intensified risks
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, governments are taking unprecedented measures to limit the spread of the virus, ramping up health system responses and announcing…
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06 March 2020
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‘GBV response must remain a priority’
Providing support for GBV survivors has a lot of challenges but is something that should be a priority and should be sustained under any circumstances.
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18 December 2019
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After 9 years with fistula, young mother hopes 7th surgery will be her last
During the nine years she had the fistula, Ms. Ajuaj did not only suffer from the medical condition, she also suffered from the stigma. People gossiped about her and some called…
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01 October 2019
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Leaders call on world to end scourge of gender-based violence
Betty* is a survivor. The South Sudanese teenager has risen above a horrific act of violence and reclaimed her life. But her heroic act of recovery should never have been…
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27 September 2019
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Reproductive health rights essential to peace, progress, gender equality – South Sudan’s First Vice President
Peace, progress and gender equality will not be possible without women enjoying their rights to sexual and reproductive health, said First Vice President General Taban Deng Gai,…
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11 June 2019
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From 8 to 700 midwives in 8 years, South Sudan is making huge strides in saving mothers’ lives, with UNFPA support
With only eight midwives and the highest maternal death rate in the world at the time of independence in 2011, South Sudan has since made great strides in ensuring maternal health…
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24 May 2019
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People-centered development is critical for Africa's future to ensure the Africa We Want
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, recommitted to the revolutionary decision taken at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development…
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21 May 2019
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Peace agreement lays foundation for ICPD agenda in South Sudan – Vice President
South Sudanese Vice President James Wani Igga expressed optimism that the revitalized peace agreement between the parties to the conflict lays the foundation for the…
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20 February 2019
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UNFPA receives $13M support from Sweden for sexual and reproductive health and rights in South Sudan
Juba, South Sudan – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the Government of Sweden today signed an agreement worth 120 million Swedish Krona (approximately USD 13…
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