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UNFPA Responds to the Health Sector Crisis in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
As the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe deepens and its health systems collapse, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has intensified its efforts to aid pregnant women and their families by providing critical…
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Legacy of War: An Epidemic of Sexual Violence in DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Forty year-old Angelique reveals a gunshot wound in her back to women in the Keyshero Medical centre, while her six-year-old daughter reaches up to touch it.
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Earthquake in Kyrgystan: Broken Hearts and Homes
Kyrgyzstan
NURA, Kyrgystan On the night of 5 October, most of the children and older persons in the small village of Nura were tucked in their beds when a powerful earthquake struck.
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When a Culture of Silence Collides with Crisis in the Pacific Islands
Pacific Sub-regional Office
SUVA, Fiji—Nervous laughter scatters across a room where representatives from the Pacific Island ministries of health and others have gathered for training on sexual and reproductive health care in emergencies.
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Addressing Harmful Traditions in a Refugee Camp in Chad
Chad
IRIBA, Chad — The air at the Touloum refugee camp in eastern Chad, is eerily calm. Many of the 23,000 refugees have been here since 2004, when they fled violence in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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Cultural Dimensions of HIV Prevention in Guyana
Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana—Anesa Barnes (17), is a peer educator in a HIV prevention programme in Parika, a town on the banks of Guyana’s huge Essequibo River.
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Cultural Dimensions of Safe Childbirth in Thailand
Thailand
HAT YAI, Thailand– Nurama ‘Mee’ Jaedo is a young woman with a mischievous smile and no regrets, even though the baby she had at the age of 16 was not planned.
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Afghan Mullahs Promote Women's Health and Rights
Afghanistan
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan—Qurban-Bibi knew she had to get to a hospital when she went into labour. After a previous Caesarean delivery, doctors had told her she would need another operation if she delivered again – it was a…
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New Report Calls for the Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants
NEW YORK, New York—States, while exercising their sovereign right to determine who enters and remains in their territory, have an obligation to protect the human rights of migrants, according to a new report produced by…
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Washington Post Highlights the Tragedy of Maternal Death
Sierra Leone
UNITED NATIONS —On the heels of UNFPA’s recent efforts to promote maternal health at the High-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals has come increased media exposure to the plight of mothers in developing…
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International Award Named After UNFPA Executive Director
<p> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong>—An international award that promotes women’s health and rights has been named after the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.…
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Dakar Second Pan-African Film Festival to Rally Efforts for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Senegal
DAKAR, Senegal — The second Pan-African film festival, intended to raise awareness of the various forms of violence committed against women in Africa, will open here on 26 November.
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