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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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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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The Republic of Korea and UNFPA join forces to meet women and girls' health needs in humanitarian crises

06 Mar 2024

A woman in the Barigondaga displacement site in Mali listens to UNFPA staff at an awareness-raising session on gender-based violence. © UNFPA Mali/Amadou Maiga
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A love story with rights and choices in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

09 Feb 2024

Ms Viengsamai and Mr Nouker found love in each other – and are lucky to have found support with their rights and choices at a UNFPA-supported clinic in Vientiane, Laos People’s Democratic Republic © UNFPA Lao PDR/Khen Keovilay
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Supporting survivors of sexual assault in Ethiopia, and working to stop violence before it starts

Bule Hora teaching hospital’s gender-based violence health facility offers survivors a safe space where they can access medical attention, psychosocial support and sexual and reproductive health care. © Fasil Zenebe / UNFPA Ethiopia
  • 24 January 2024
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A glimmer of hope for women and girls as a sexual and reproductive health clinic reopens in Sudan’s West Darfur State

A woman receives medical care at the UNFPA-supported Ardamata health clinic in El Geneina, West Darfur State, Sudan. © UNFPA Sudan
  • 23 January 2024
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Health, hygiene and protection needs spike after earthquake in Nepal

A UNFPA team visits people affected by the earthquake that hit the districts of Jajarkot and Rukum West in Nepal’s western Karnali province on 3 November 2023. © ​​​​​UNFPA Nepal
  • 21 November 2023
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Success at Nyarugusu: How one of the world’s largest refugee camps achieved zero maternal deaths in 2022

Not one woman died while giving birth at Nyarugusu refugee camp in 2022 – representing a remarkable achievement. © UNFPA Tanzania/Bright Warren
  • 10 April 2023
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United Republic of Tanzania: How a UNFPA-UN Women joint programme helps combat gender-based violence and promote bodily autonomy, with support from the Government of the Republic of Korea

08 Feb 2023

Young adolescent girls from Msalala District, residing in the Bugarama Ward, Tanzania, are members of the girls’ club supported by a Republic of Korea-funded UNFPA-UN Women’s joint programme. The programme helps combat gender-based violence and promote bodily autonomy. © UNFPA Tanzania/Warren Bright
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The Government of Korea allocates US$ 2 million for women and girls in Ukraine and Moldova

18 Jul 2022

Korea’s funds will support UNFPA to scale up life-saving services in Ukraine and Moldova. © UNFPA Moldova/Eduard Bîzgu
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