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“You don’t see young women in some camps”: Harrowing reports of sexual violence and healthcare attacks in Sudan’s Aj Jazirah State

A UNFPA mobile health team member provides health services for displaced women and children in Gedaref, in eastern Sudan. More than 135,000 people have been displaced from Aj Jazirah state since October 20, following a wave of armed violence. Credit: UNFPA Sudan
  • 19 November 2024
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Protecting trans people's rights during emergencies in Bangladesh

Published on: 04/11/2024

During her recent visit to Bangladesh, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem met transgender people affected by a lack of access to urgent care during floods and cyclones in the district of Gaibandha, in the far northwest of the country.

In this video, she explains how important it is to ensure that LGBTQIA+ people receive the same relief as everyone else, especially during humanitarian crises.

Learn more about how UNFPA is supporting health for all in all settings. 

Midwives are delivering babies safely in remote areas of Bangladesh

Published on: 23/10/2024

During her recent visit to Bangladesh, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem met three young women who are helping mothers deliver their babies safely in the district of Gaibandha, in the far northwest of the country.

In this video, she explains how midwives are making a difference in this remote area, with support from UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.

Learn more about how UNFPA supports midwifery around the world.

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Harnessing the potential of older persons through UNFPA-supported programmes in the Maldives and Serbia

The Corner for Quality Ageing in central Serbia has a literary workshop every week, and a couple of members are published authors. © UNFPA Serbia / Vladimir Živojinović
  • 30 September 2024
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Four ways to build positive relationships and achieve good sexual health

Married couple Jahangir and Shirin say that since attending UNFPA-supported “Couple Meetings”, their marriage has never been better. © UNFPA Bangladesh
  • 04 September 2024
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As Russian air strikes escalate against Ukraine, a hospital in Kyiv struggles to care for pregnant women and newborns

The Kyiv Regional Perinatal Centre, supported by UNFPA, is a critical maternity and newborn health facility in the city. Credit UNFPA Ukraine/ Isaac Hurskin
  • 27 August 2024
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Health and humanitarian workers face record violence: Here are 5 reasons the world must take action

The Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza was completely destroyed following a bombing raid by Israeli forces. © UNFPA/Dominic Allen
  • 18 August 2024
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“There are people willing to listen”: How census takers go above and beyond to count people as they are

Census supervisor Alejandra Alarcón Soliz helped a woman in labour access care amid the country’s census. © UNFPA Bolivia / Alejandra Alarcón Soliz
  • 10 July 2024
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Fighting for equal rights against the tide of climate change

Across the world, cyclones, hurricanes, floods, extreme temperatures and drought are becoming more frequent, more prolonged and more intense. © UNICEF/Allen Stephen/Infinity Images
  • 05 June 2024
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