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“I had no choice but to deliver my own baby”: Health workers in Gaza city describe impossible conditions

calendar_today02 October 2025

A woman sits with her three children beside their family tent in a displacement camp in western Gaza city; her baby is just two months old. © UNFPA Palestine/Hardy Skills
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This is one of the only safe places left in Gaza to give birth

calendar_today06 October 2025

This is one of the only safe places left in Gaza to give birth

This is one of the only safe places left in Gaza to give birth

Imagine going into labour while you’re starving and your local hospital is destroyed.

To help women in Gaza facing this horrific situation, a UNFPA mobile clinic is providing life-saving care.

See what it means to mothers in need.

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Health workers lose support structures and pregnant women die: The reality of funding cuts hits in Yemen

calendar_today15 September 2025

A midwife from a UNFPA mobile health clinic assesses a pregnant woman at a displacement camp in Marib, Yemen. The mobile clinic is no longer operational due to funding cuts. ©UNFPA Yemen
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Holding space for hope: Mobile health teams are a lifeline for survivors of gender-based violence in Hebron

calendar_today19 September 2025

Ayat, a pregnant mother of four, speaks during a community gathering, sharing her hopes for better support and connection for women in her village. © UNFPA Palestine/Lisa Sabella
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Amid the war in Sudan, this incredible midwife does more than just deliver babies

calendar_today30 September 2025

Amid the war in Sudan, this incredible midwife does more than just deliver babies

Amid the war in Sudan, this incredible midwife does more than just deliver babies

As pregnant women are displaced and traumatized by the ongoing war in Sudan, see how Hager holds her community together from her small home clinic.

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Attacks on Gaza City are destroying health and protection services for pregnant women and survivors of violence

calendar_today15 September 2025

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Famine confirmed in Gaza – pregnant women and newborns at acute risk

calendar_today25 August 2025

A woman feeds her children in front of their tent in a displacement camp in western Gaza City. © UNFPA Palestine/Hardy Skills.
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Women in Yemen pay a deadly cost for funding cuts

calendar_today09 September 2025

Women in Yemen pay a deadly cost for funding cuts

Women in Yemen pay a deadly cost for funding cuts

Funding cuts for maternal healthcare in Yemen are cutting women’s:

🟠 survival
🟠 dignity
🟠 rights

They need funding to be restored.

The world must invest in humanity.

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“Now I know I have a future”: Safe spaces work with health centres to save women’s lives in Yemen

calendar_today24 July 2025

UNFPA’s integrated model of care takes a survivor-centred approach, combining gender-based violence protection, mental health support, and sexual and reproductive health services. © UNFPA Yemen
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Listen to this mother's plea for the children of Gaza

calendar_today29 August 2025

Listen to this mother's plea for the children of Gaza

Listen to this mother's plea for the children of Gaza

“Does the world not hear us?”

This is Inas, a mother of three who wakes up every morning desperate to find food for her children.

With no clean water, safe spaces, or education, over 500,000 people are suffering from starvation in Gaza.

Listen to Inas' plea and help UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver life-saving support.