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UNFPA, Ministry of Health Launches Revised Eswatini National Family Planning Services

calendar_today 09 September 2022

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UNFPA, Ministry of Health Launches Revised Eswatini National Family Planning Services

Mbabane, ESWATINI - The Ministry of Health: Sexual Reproductive Health (SRHU) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), today launched the 3rd Edition of the Eswatini…

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CLIMATE ACTION: Rural Woman Turns Thrash into Cash

calendar_today 22 April 2022

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CLIMATE ACTION: Rural Woman Turns Thrash into Cash

“I started as a way of keeping busy while resting at home. I wasn’t aware of the monetary value and its impact towards protecting the environment,” stated Gogo Dlamini explaining…

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7 myths about unintended pregnancy debunked

calendar_today 30 March 2022

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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 neglected crisis of unintended…

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Women and girls pay a heavy price during conflicts and emergencies

calendar_today 07 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 will bring increased…

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Teen Moms Initiative to Enable Young Girls to Live, Love and Laugh Again

calendar_today 07 February 2022

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Teen Moms Initiative to Enable Young Girls to Live, Love and Laugh Again

“My sister wouldn’t talk to me and that affected me emotionally. I quickly learned how to take care of my baby while also caring for my younger brother,” said Precious Dlamini…

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Ensuring continued access to sexual reproductive health education and services for all during pandemics could prevent sudden fertility increase in Eswatini

calendar_today 29 July 2021

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Ensuring continued access to sexual reproductive health education and services for all during pandemics could prevent sudden fertility increase in Eswatini

"I knew nothing about family planning services as no one told me about these services while I was a young girl. As a result, I could not achieve my wish of having just 2 children,…

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How COVID-19 has increased fertility, adolescent pregnancy and maternal deaths in East and Southern African countries

calendar_today 11 July 2021

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How COVID-19 has increased fertility, adolescent pregnancy and maternal deaths in East and Southern African countries

Young people are able to access [sexual and reproductive health] services but not as much as they used to before the lockdown,” said Kondelwani Kamanga, a 27-year-old student from…

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Strengthening uptake of Life Skills Education is step in the right direction towards eliminating early and unintended pregnancies among adolescents

calendar_today 07 June 2021

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Strengthening uptake of Life Skills Education is step in the right direction towards eliminating early and unintended pregnancies among adolescents

“It’s a great opportunity for adolescents as it enables them to prevent some of the challenges they face such as unintended pregnancies,” stated Hlobsile Makhubu commenting on the…

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TAX-FREE SANITARY TOWELS: A Potential Game Changer in Improving Menstrual Hygiene for All

calendar_today 28 May 2021

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TAX-FREE SANITARY TOWELS: A Potential Game Changer in Improving Menstrual Hygiene for All

“The curiosity of not knowing if the other children noticed the tiny brownish stains on my tunic troubled me, but I convinced myself that they’d have laughed if they had seen them…

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