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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Events

United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29)

calendar_today11 November - 22 November 2024

location_onBaku, Azerbaijan

United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29)
UNFPA Zambia
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Events

20th Rafael M. Salas Memorial Lecture

calendar_today17 December 2024

location_onNew York

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31 October 2024

News

Mass displacement of pregnant women requires mobilization of maternal health services in Lebanon, Syria

calendar_today30 October 2024

Soumaia was displaced from Lebanon while five months pregnant. She experienced a stillbirth after finding shelter in Syria. © UNFPA Syria/Alaa Ghorra
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