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Fighting Menstruation Myths Keeps Girls in School

A bother, sometimes a pain — but periods don't have to be shameful, too.
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Mary, 16, is now back in school in Yambio, South Sudan. She’s come a long way since the day when she was abducted by an armed group at age 12, along with her older sister. They both were beaten and tortured during their time with the group, and only narro

In South Sudan, Teenage Girls Struggle to Break Chains of Conflict

Twice victims, girls who break free from an armed group's oppression can find themselves pariahs with no support upon their release.
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Ibtihaj Muhammad on the beach in Sealine, Qatar.

Ibtihaj Muhammad Has a Calling

The first Muslim-American female Olympic medalist talks about her new children's book and her interest in helping refugees with UNICEF.
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On February 6, 2018, a humanitarian convoy traveling from Damascus neared Rukban makeshift settlement in Syria.

Inside the Largest Ever Humanitarian Convoy to Reach Syrian Refugees

The United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent teamed up to deliver lifesaving supplies to displaced Syrians in Rukban makeshift camp.
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Aisha, a UNICEF-supported polio team vaccinator, walks through Muna Garage IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno State, northeast Nigeria in January 2018.

LDS Charities and UNICEF Light the World for Children

LDS Charities and UNICEF USA came together to help children this past holiday season in an unexpected way: Giving Machines.
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Pro basketball player and UNICEF Supporter Bismack Biyombo back home in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Meet Bismack: Basketball Star, Humanitarian, UNICEF Supporter

The Congolese NBA starting center for the Charlotte Hornets talks to UNICEF USA about what inspires him to help children in need.
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UNICEF USA Southwest Regional Board Chair Susan Boggio participates in the UNICEF International Council Symposium in Florence, Italy. November, 2018.

Shaping a Better World for Children

UNICEF USA Southwest Regional Board Chair Susan Boggio and her husband Dan are putting the most vulnerable children first.
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Children read an Ebola-awareness poster in North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

UNICEF Health Workers Are Fighting to Eliminate Ebola in the DRC

For Jean-Pierre Masuku, the fight against the Ebola epidemic currently raging in North Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is not new.

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In June, Mohamed Sidibay joined a panel discussion during a day-long event dedicated to the protection of education in conflict organized by the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations as part of the European Dev

A Former Child Soldier Tells How UNICEF Aided His Transition to Peace

After the militia that forced Mohamed Sidibay to kill or be killed let him go at age 10, he had no home, family or food. He did have UNICEF.
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