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January 31
Sudan: Pioneer Spends 30 Years Advocating End to FGM in Sudan
In the early 1980s, Abdullah Ali Abdullah saw constant infections and childbirth complications while volunteering in a health centre in Sudan's North Kordofan state. He soon… Read more »
September 06, 2017
Kenya: Escape at Dawn - Running Away From Child Marriage and FGM in Kenya
"I woke up one morning, and my father told me that we were poor and needed money," said Faith, describing the moment she learned she was engaged. She was 11 years old at the time. Read more »
May 23, 2017
South Sudan: Fistula, a Preventable Birth Injury, Afflicts Most Vulnerable Women and Girls
Childbirth is supposed to be a joyous occasion. But for the most vulnerable women and girls, it can be anything but. Read more »
August 31, 2016
South Sudan: Once Frowned On, Family Planning Offers a Lifeline in South Sudan
Life is harsh in the northern city of Malakal. Once a vibrant commercial hub, it is now essentially a ghost town, its residents crammed into a protection camp on the city's… Read more »
July 26, 2016
Sudan: Stay and Deliver - Saving Lives Under Gunfire in Juba
Ferocious violence erupted in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on 7 July, two days before the fifth anniversary of the country's independence. Hundreds of people were killed or… Read more »
June 15, 2016
Tanzania: The Very Important Girls Group - Investing in Youth to Invest in the Future of Tanzania
Unlike 95 per cent of girls her age in Tanzania's Shinyanga region, at 17, Rahuba Kenedy was enrolled in secondary school - and excelling academically. Then, she met a charming man… Read more »
May 05, 2016
Somalia: Midwives On the Frontlines of Fighting Maternal Death in Somalia
Nine years ago, Maymuun Abdullahi Nur's mother died giving birth to her eighth child, during a delivery attended only by an untrained traditional birth attendant. Just 13 at the… Read more »
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