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23 February 2021
A “Hilot” Urges Mothers to Give Birth at Health Facilities
Datu Piang, Maguindanao, the Philippines – “The most challenging of them all is delivering a baby with no limbs,” narrates Kinengko Ebad, a 64-year-old hilot. “What came out first was the lower torso and I had nothing to hold to pull the slippery body,” she recalls. Kinengko has many memorable stories to share as a hilot. Her
9 August 2020
UNFPA’s CERF project helped pregnant mothers in Mindanao
MAKILALA, NORTH COTABATO, The Philippines -- Inside the earthquake-cracked residence of the Hayods family, Martin’s 15-year-old daughter Lyka* is now always looking straight at him, hurling words that the father has never heard, constantly needing his attention. As she walks towards him, Martin gives Lyka a quick but tight hug
11 July 2020
Why gender equality should be at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery
Op-ed by UN Philippines Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, Gustavo Gonzalez Globally, some 650 million women and girls alive today were married as children. Another 33,000 children are forced into marriage every single day. More than 200 million women and girls are affected by female genital mutilation (FGM),
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