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Around a third of the 12 million Sudanese displaced following nearly three years of brutal conflict are women and girls of reproductive age, according to data from the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA).
Aside from the brutality of rape, coupled with other physical and mental traumas, some of the 300,000 pregnant women who are running for safety “end up giving birth on the roadside”.
That’s according to UNFPA’s Representative ad interim in the country, Argentina Matavel Piccin, who told UN News’s Khaled Mohamed that more support is urgently needed to curb the impact of gender-based violence.
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Around a third of the 12 million Sudanese displaced following nearly three years of brutal conflict are women and girls of reproductive age, according to data from the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA).
Aside from the brutality of rape, coupled with other physical and mental traumas, some of the 300,000 pregnant women who are running for safety “end up giving birth on the roadside”.
That’s according to UNFPA’s Representative ad interim in the country, Argentina Matavel Piccin, who told UN News’s Khaled Mohamed that more support is urgently needed to curb the impact of gender-based violence.

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