Resources

Bangladesh: Gender-biased sex selections Explained

Resource date: Jul 2020

Publisher: UNFPA

News

Health workers in West Africa “in daily danger” while providing reproductive health services

A midwife speaks about family planning at a family planning "open house" at a health centre in Assahoun, Togo. © UNFPA Togo/Rita Gbodui

29 June 2020

News

Meeting family planning needs in Nepal’s quarantine centres

Kabita Bhandari gives an information session about family planning to men staying at a quarantine centre in Baitadi District. © UNFPA Nepal

23 June 2020

Updates

Korean cooperation helps give Ivorian fistula survivors a new lease on life

23 May 2020

Blandine with her new daughter and husband. © UNFPA/Didier Djiloni

News

Safe birth services save lives, prevent childbirth injury in Tanzania

A health facility in Tanzania’s Simiyu region, which was renovated through a two-year programme supported by UNFPA with funding from KOICA. © UNFPA Tanzania/Karlien Truyens

22 May 2020

News

In Nepal, COVID-19 turning pregnancy excitement into fear

When Maisarjaha Khatun went into labour, her family spent hours trying to find transport to emergency obstetric care. Image courtesy of Jiyaul Hak

14 May 2020

News

Pandemic heightens vulnerabilities of persons with disabilities

UNFPA is working with authorities in Pakistan to upgrade an app that provides emergency assistance to people at risk of violence, including women with disabilities. © UNFPA Pakistan

12 May 2020

Midwives lost to COVID-19

Published on: 04/05/2020

This International Women's Day, UNFPA mourns the tragic loss of three heroic midwives amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

Celebrating Iran's midwives on the International Day of the Midwife

Published on: 04/05/2020

News

Infection-control supplies delivered to Viet Nam maternal health facilities amid COVID-19 pandemic

13 April 2020

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