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02.11.2022 UNFPA Communique

Helping women and girls claim their bodily autonomy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo … UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and East and Southern Regional Director Julitta Onabanjoeets with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege as well…

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02.11.2022 Awino Okesh: The Conversation

Why Kenyan women’s rights might not be safe under William Ruto … William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election. The final outcome, however, remains in the balance following a challenge from his main competitor, Raila…

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02.11.2022 UN Communique

Kenya: UN steps up protection for drought-hit women and girls … UNFPA Kenya … Women attend a UNFPA-supported integrated community health outreach session on prevention and response to gender-based violence. Lokapararai village, Turkana county…

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02.11.2022

  … In einer Kleinstadt auf Madagaskar kam es zu einem Gewaltausbruch zwischen Demonstranten und der Polizei … Quelle: pa/Godong/Pascal Deloche … In Madagaskar hat die Polizei vier Verdächtige festgenommen, die ein Albino-Kind entführt haben sollen.

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02.11.2022 Eswatini: ICJ publishes paper on Swazi women’s right to health during COVID-19 pandemic

  … On International Women’s Day 2021, the ICJ publishes a paper considering the ways in which women in Eswatini face systematic discrimination in laws and practices, in violation of the country’s obligations under international human rights law…

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02.11.2022 Tiril Skarstein

Women-friendly spaces offer safe haven for Congolese refugees in Angola … Kiena Odette, Musito, and other girls take part in educational and recreational activities at the UNFPA-supported women-friendly space. © UNFPA/Tiril Skarstein … LOVUA, Angola…