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First Cash Assistance To Secondary Girl Students Using Biometrics In Fata

The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched its first cash-based assistance for secondary school girls in Pakistan and is using biometric attendance data for the first time as part of its support to the FATA Secretariat education programme.

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On International Day, UN agency urges 'hope, healing, dignity' for fistula sufferers

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While access to reproductive and maternal health care is expanding, local custom keeps Fereshta (above), like...

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From cholera in Yemen to attacks on hospitals in Syria, conflict threatens lives of over 24 million children in the Middle East and North Africa

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A boy suffering from severe acute malnutrition acute at Al-Thawra Hospital, Hodeidah, Yemen, Monday 6...

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Samples from alleged chemical attacks in Syria reveal evidence of sulfur mustard, sarin – UN official

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Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, addresses the Security Council meeting on...

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