02/04/2020
UNITED NATIONS, New York/BAMAKO, Mali/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 1 Aprol 2020 (UNFPA)* – Out of nine pregnancies, Kadiatou experienced five tragic stillbirths, all at her home in rural Mali. Each time, she gave birth without the assistance of a skilled attendant. She never received antenatal care.
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None of this was her choice.
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Yveka, 17, visits a UNFPA mobile clinic in Haiti. Haiti’s former Minister of Women, Dr. Lise Marie Dejean, says many women lack autonomy over their bodies and health. © UNFPA
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02/04/2020
It does a great job for us, even though we very often take it for granted
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1 April 2020 (Wall Street International)* — The body is the temple of our soul. It does a great job for us, even though we very often take it for granted.
As I write in my book The Power of Women’s Thought, for centuries women have structured their identity around their physical appearance, so it is not surprising that many of us still feel insecure or not loving their bodies or totally dependent on the judgment of others.
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02/04/2020
(UN News)* — COVID-19 will be responsible for pushing a further 8.3 million people in the Arab region into poverty, according to a new policy brief issued on Wednesday [1 April 2020] by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
WFP/Wissam Nassar | Food insecurity is on the rise in Gaza as the COVID-19 pandemic threatens a steep spike in poverty throughout the Arab region.
And the pandemic could also bump up the number of undernourished people there by some two million. Current estimates show that there are some 101.4 million in the region who already live in poverty, according to official criteria, and around 52 million undernourished.
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