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Afghanistan quake leaves most vulnerable – women and girls – in dire situation

calendar_today11 October 2023

Women and children shelter outside the Herat Provincial Hospital, awaiting care,  in the aftermath of the quake. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Arlene Alano
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UNFPA Afghanistan

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Oct 2023

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UNFPA Afghanistan Situation Report (Herat Province) #3: 11-12 October 2023

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UNFPA Afghanistan

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Oct 2023

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UNFPA Afghanistan Situation Report (Herat Province) #1: 07-08 October 2023

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UNFPA Afghanistan

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Oct 2023

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UNFPA Afghanistan Situation Report (Herat Province) #2: 09-10 October 2023

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Helping earthquake-impacted women in Afghanistan

calendar_today11 October 2023

Helping earthquake-impacted women in Afghanistan

Helping earthquake-impacted women in Afghanistan

An estimated 3,000 women of reproductive age are affected by Saturday’s earthquake in Afghanistan.

Jaime Nadal, UNFPA Afghanistan representative, describes from Herat how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is providing urgent maternal and reproductive health care.

Stay up to date on our ongoing humanitarian response here.

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Across Afghanistan, resourceful midwives brave multiple barriers to ensure maternal health and safe births

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Midwife Durdana Samandar says Ms. Husun could have experienced serious complications had she insisted on walking four hours to go back home to deliver her baby. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Ehsanullah Popal
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Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations

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UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

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Midwife Suhila Rasuli on her way to visit a pregnant woman in a remote area of Nimroz province, Afghanistan. © Naqibullah Rahimi/MOVE Afghanistan
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Taliban banning women from higher education and from working with humanitarian organizations

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