Events

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

calendar_today25 November 2024

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Updates

Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health: Considerations for the ICPD Agenda

calendar_today23 October 2024

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News

Meeting women's and girls' needs where they are to prevent and address gender-based violence

calendar_today22 November 2024

Community mobilizer Fatima Ali was displaced from her home in Maiduguri, Nigeria, by flooding in October 2024. She continues her work providing support to women and girls. © UNFPA Nigeria
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News

Men in detention face sexual torture amid war in Ukraine

calendar_today26 November 2024

Although the vast majority of victims of conflict-related sexual violence are women and girls, it is also all too common – and severely underreported – among men and boys. Credit: UNFPA Ukraine
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Updates

Norway strengthens commitment with UNFPA to end female genital mutilation

calendar_today19 November 2024

Supported by funding from UNFPA donors, Hawa Kamil works with the Elle&Elles Network, a local grassroots organization and leading advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights, including female genital mutilation. © UNFPA / Fahmia Al-Fotih
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Press release

A warming planet, a world unraveling: Women and girls pay the price on the frontlines of the climate crisis, new UNFPA analysis finds

calendar_today19 November 2024

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News

A sisterhood of support: Improving maternity care in Ethiopia’s climate change-ravaged Somali region

calendar_today11 November 2024

A pregnant woman is attended to by a midwife at the Karamara Hospital in Ethiopia’s Somali region; every month health workers at the hospital safely assist some 600 deliveries. Credit: UNFPA Ethiopia
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News

In the West Bank, mobile healthcare teams are a lifeline amid crisis

calendar_today04 November 2024

Duaa Adwa has brought her son to the mobile healthcare team during their visit to Bethlehem’s Al Uqban Village. During past visits, the team had been unable to dispense fever medicine for Ms. Adwa’s son because of supply shortages. © UNFPA/Lisa Sabella
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News

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

calendar_today19 November 2024

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
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News

What women and girls need most as climate disasters and displacement wreak havoc across the world

calendar_today18 November 2024

Georgette and her baby, Freddy, wait to be seen at the Maroalakely health centre, where UNFPA staff also helped register the baby for a birth certificate. © UNFPA Madagascar/Jean Martin
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