December 17
Chad: 'I Came to Help My Sisters' - As Chad Grapples With Record Floods and a Refugee Crisis, Midwives Are Bridging the Divide
"The water ruined everything - the rice, the money... Everything is under water." In October 2024, Gloria Nadjitessem, 31, lost her home in Chad's capital N'Djamena to devastating… Read more »
October 14
Cameroon: Humanitarian Response Enables Safe Childbirth Amid Cameroon's Catastrophic Floods
"Our village was peaceful until these armed men appeared, sowing terror and death," Aicha* told UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, recalling a night three years… Read more »
October 01
Cameroon: Boosting Trust and Skilled Birth Attendance in Cameroon's Health Facilities
Toukam Mirabelle had been told that twin pregnancies hardly ever go beyond eight and half months, yet she was past even her regular due date. Read more »
June 27
Cameroon: UNFPA-Supported Tech Innovations Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls in Cameroon, Kenya and Turkmenistan
Technology has transformed people's ability to meet their sexual and reproductive health needs and claim their rights, serving as a gateway to information, revolutionizing… Read more »
June 11
Burundi: UNFPA-Supported Surgeries Help Survivors of Obstetric Fistula to Advocate for Others in Burundi
"During my contractions, my mother-in-law and my own mother refused to let me go to the health centre to give birth," Gloriose Mbonimpa told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and… Read more »
February 13
Congo-Kinshasa: After Surviving Sexual Violence, Youth Leader Creates Change for Girls With Disabilities
MATADI, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ngoma* is deaf, so she didn't hear the group of boys as they snuck up behind her on a road in her hometown of Matadi, in the Democratic… Read more »
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