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28 July 2020
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Pregnancies and Childbirth Don’t Stop for Pandemics
UNFPA supports Personal Protection Equipment to protect frontline health workers across Rwanda. In line with UNFPA support to the National COVID19 preparedness and response plan,…
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11 July 2020
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Putting the brakes on COVID-19: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls
COVID-19 pandemic has sickened 11 million people and left more than half a million dead. But the full toll of this catastrophe has been incalculably greater. Health systems have…
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10 July 2020
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Peace in the home: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls – even during COVID-19
Peace in our world begins with peace in the home, as the United Nations Secretary-General stated in his call for a global ‘ceasefire’ on gender-based violence – a pandemic within…
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02 July 2020
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Respect. Protect. Fulfill: Three words that can bring real change and real results for women & girls in Rwanda
Respect. Protect. Fulfill: Three words that can bring real change and real results for women & girls in Rwanda Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world…
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30 June 2020
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Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices
Urgent, accelerated action needed to stop female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other practices that harm women and girls, according to new UNFPA report 30 June 2020,…
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26 June 2020
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Fostering Innovation to Respond to COVID-19 Challenges in Rwanda
The Innovation Accelerator, first launched in 2016, as an initiative and model aiming at exploring new and engaging ways to tackle pressing sexual reproductive health challenges…
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09 June 2020
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COVID-19 impact on Persons with Disabilities
Protecting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All
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05 May 2020
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Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2020
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04 May 2020
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“When a woman leaves the hospital with her newborn, smiling, it fills my heart with joy”: A story of a Rwandan Midwife.
Mugisha Philippe is a proud Rwandan male midwife. He graduated in 2017 and has 2 years experience working as a midwife at Kibagabaga Hospital, Kigali. Mugisha has served on the…
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