International Women’s Day 2021

08 March 2021

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Women supporting women: Delivering vital services and lifesaving care around the world

01 March 2021

News

Women supporting women: Female bus conductors drive out violence in Bhutan

Kelsang Tshomo is a bus conductor and peer counsellor working to eradicate gender-based violence among fellow female conductors and passengers on public transportation. © UNFPA Bhutan/Sunita Giri
  • 01 March 2021
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In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price

Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani holds Abia's newborn baby shortly after delivery. Abia lost a lot of blood during childbirth. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 26 February 2021
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Amid conflict, displacement, pandemic, Syrian girls see a future in… robots

Bana, 12, enjoys learning about robotics at a women's and girls' safe space in northwest Syria. Image courtesy of Ihsan Relief and Development
  • 22 February 2021
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Safe spaces in Colombia offer respite to Venezuelan migrants

Women at a safe space in Saravena, Arauca, one of 19 in Colombia that serve Venezuelan migrants who are survivors of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Colombia
  • 25 February 2021
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Resources

Technical Note on Adolescent Girl-Responsive Systems

Resource date: Nov 2020

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)–United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Global Programme to End Child Marriage works with many partners to advocate and support practical actions to end child marriage, and to promote gender equality and the empowerment of adolescent girls.

This technical note illustrates how systems for education, health, gender-based violence and child protection, and social protection can coordinate action and contribute to the safety, health and learning of adolescent girls, and build opportunities for them. 

Resources

Addressing Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings: Technical Guide for Staff and Partners of the UNFPA–UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Resource date: Feb 2021

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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Three girls, three stories: The perils of child marriage and the promise of freedom

Sixteen-year-old Fethiye fled war in Iraq – and the likelihood of child marriage – to Türkiye. © UNFPA Türkiye
  • 11 February 2021
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Reformed cutters protect the next generation from female genital mutilation in Kenya

Reformed cutters Kokarupe Lorwu, Methani Chepurai Lokuda and Chepchongil Cheleston in West Pokot County in Kenya. © UNFPA/Luis Tato
  • 04 February 2021
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