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31 May 2022
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The Government of Norway commits NOK 45,000,000 to support Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights services for adolescents an

JOINT PRESS RELEASE: The Government of Norway commits NOK 45,000,000 to support Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights services for adolescents and youth in Madagascar.

Madagascar, Antananarivo, 31 May 2022 -- the Government of Norway committed NOK 45,000,000 (about 4,76 million USD) through UNFPA in Madagascar to promote the sexual and reproductive health and... Read more

12 May 2022
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Let's take our future into our own hands! Let's be independent !

Our Resilience, Our Future depends on us!

« My name is Prisca, I’m a mother of 04. I live in Ankirihiry, where one often encounters cases of violence against both women and children. However... Read more

11 May 2022
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Midwife nancy and baby Noelia

Assisting a mother deliver safely inside a tent in a cyclone-affected locality

May 5, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., baby Noelia with a birthweight of 2.5kgs let out her first cry inside the UNFPA tent, serving as temporary maternity ward... Read more

11 May 2022
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Serving my peers is both my duty and my passion!

Serving my peers is both my duty and my passion!

Modestine, Social Worker, person living with disabilities Modestine is a social worker based in Tamatave specialized in psycho-social support for... Read more

4 May 2022
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Women in the Amboasary district of Madagascar’s drought-stricken Grand Sud region wait to receive sexual and reproductive health

UNFPA and WFP join forces to meet soaring reproductive health and nutrition needs in southern Madagascar

AMBOASARY/GRAND SUD, Madagascar – Just weeks away from giving birth to her fifth child, Homoroe Haova, 33, looked down at her stomach and smiled, reassured she could give birth safely as well as feed... Read more

14 April 2022
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Let's be independent! Life will smile on us one day!

Let's be independent! Life will smile on us one day!

"I decided to leave my husband and live with my parents because I could no longer stand the violence he inflicted on me.

11 April 2022
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I stopped my studies because I got pregnant''

"I stopped my studies because I got pregnant''

"I was still in college when I met the father of my first child who is a classmate. I fell in love with him and we ended up dating. A few months... Read more

30 March 2022
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At 14, Dankay Kanu (right) got pregnant by an older man who refused to wear a condom then denied paternity. Though she quit scho

7 myths about unintended pregnancy debunked

UNITED NATIONS, New York – Half. That is the alarmingly high proportion of pregnancies that girls and women do not deliberately choose. The... Read more

7 March 2022
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Women and girls pay a heavy price during conflicts and emergencies

More than 1.7 million people, mostly women and children, have now fled from their homes in Ukraine to neighbouring countries. For them, displacement... Read more

17 January 2022
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Satiana, 8, holds her grandmother's hand before the trial of her rapist at Ambovombe Court in Madagascar. © UNFPA Madagascar/Mel

Fighting for justice for 8-year-old Satiana, a rape survivor, in Madagascar

GRAND SUD, Madagascar – “I want to be a health worker when I grow up,” said shy 8-year-old Satiana Hary*, “because I want to be able to treat myself if I fall sick.” She knows about falling sick – ... Read more

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