News

“We lost everything”: In Yemen, a mother’s grief lays bare the human cost of the climate crisis

Umm Mahra, 38, has four children and has been living in a displacement camp in Yemen’s southwestern highlands for seven years. She had a miscarriage due to malnourishment and exhaustion. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 06 December 2023
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Resources

UNFPA Overview of Funding Needs for the Regional Syria Crisis Response 2024

Resource date: Jan 2024

Author: UNFPA Syria

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News

Tackling the hidden mental health crisis in Yemen

A woman receives counselling at a UNFPA-supported specialized mental health centre in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 08 January 2024
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Resources

UNFPA Response in Yemen Situation Report #4 – October-December 2023

Resource date: Jan 2024

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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News

Women and girls’ rights are an unseen casualty of the crisis in Syria

“It was the worst experience of our lives, even after 10 years of crisis in Syria,” explained Khadija, a 28-year-old Syrian woman from Deir ez-Zor, who recently survived a harrowing journey as she gave birth to her sixth child while fleeing violence in her hometown. © UNFPA Syria
  • 10 May 2022
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Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births

Published on: 09/01/2024

From the newly created UNRWA field hospital in Gaza, UNFPA Palestine Representative Dominic Allen tells us the catastrophic situation on the ground.

With hospitals being far over capacity, midwives and doctors are beyond exhausted.

UNFPA is committed to providing them with much-needed support and supplies.

Updates

The Sixth Regional Review of the International Conference on Population and Development in the Arab Region

18 Sep 2023

Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA executive director, addressing the sixth regional review of the Conference on Population and Development in the Arab region.
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Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care

Published on: 22/12/2023

“Pregnancy in these circumstances is an extraordinary suffering,” says Seba (28), who is 9 months pregnant and has two children.

People in Gaza don’t have water, food, enough blankets, hygiene facilities, and the medical assistance they need.

Let Seba share her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency— is providing life-saving support to pregnant women in shelters in the southern Gaza Strip. Learn more.

Updates

Australia’s new support to women and girls in Gaza

15 Nov 2023

New funding from Australia will help address the immediate needs of women and girls in Gaza. © Bisan Ouda for UNFPA.
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News

Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023

Midwife Rahna visits with new mother, 20-year-old Hanifa, whose home was destroyed in the 7 October earthquake that struck Herat province  in Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan / Ahmad Jamshid Qazizadah
  • 21 December 2023
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