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Respectful maternity care in Paraguay puts women's autonomy at the centre of childbirth
KATUETE/ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay – Preparing to give birth for the first time at age 39, Claudelina Ortellado Portillo was anxious. “Because of my age and because everything was new to me, plus I had a hard time getting…
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In Georgia, an LGBTQIA+ advocate making HIV prevention and health care accessible for all
TBILISI, Georgia – As a social worker for the LGBTQIA+ community in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, Beka Gabadadze quickly learned how a person’s gender identity and expression can affect every part of their life.
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“Hope dies last”: UNFPA helpline empowers gender-based violence survivors in Azerbaijan
BAKU, Azerbaijan – Aynur* recalled the beginning of her relationship with Rauf* as “blissful”. The 24-year-old had recently completed a Master’s degree in Poland, returning to her home in Azerbaijan to begin a career as…
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Counting every voice: Brazil's census includes quilombola communities for the first time
CONCEIÇÃO DAS CRIOULAS, Brazil – “If I could choose where to be born, I would choose Conceição das Crioulas,” Antônio Crioulo told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.
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“There are people willing to listen”: How census takers go above and beyond to count people as they are
LA PAZ, Bolivia; CHIȘINĂU, The Republic of Moldova; Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam – It was 8:30 a.m. on 23 March, 2024, the day 860,000 volunteers would carry out Bolivia’s national census. In the Río Seco area of the…
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Drought emergency in Zambia: Child marriage, HIV and hunger on the rise for women and girls
SOUTHERN PROVINCE, Zambia – “They don’t have any food, and the teenagers can become vulnerable,” said nurse Suvannah Sinakaaba, in the village of Hakankula in Zambia’s Monze District. “HIV rates are quite high among…
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Giving birth on Ukraine’s front line: How women and medical workers are coping under fire
ODESA, Ukraine – Like many expecting parents, Oleksandra and Oleksandr Chebotar were eagerly awaiting the birth of their daughter. The way it happened, however, was unlike anything they had ever imagined.
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UNFPA-supported tech innovations advancing the rights of women and girls in Cameroon, Kenya and Turkmenistan
UNITED NATIONS, New York – 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 health-care delivery…
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“No one is spared”: Sexual violence wielded as a weapon in Haiti’s humanitarian crisis
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – “One of the biggest problems is insecurity – and the physical and sexual violence that comes with that,” explained Edrish Justilien, 36, a psychologist at the Petite Place Cazeau Hospital in…
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