14 March 2024

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After 13 years of crisis, we hear from female health workers in Syria leading the charge for women and girls

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Three female obstetricians perform a surgery in the operating room at the Idleb Maternity Hospital. Thirteen years of conflict and severe underfunding mean that more than one in three health facilities in Syria cannot operate at full capacity. © UNFPA/Dina Ali
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“Gaza is at breaking point”: Health workers and patients describe an unfolding catastrophe in Rafah

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Dr. Mohamed Ragab attends to Haneen, who is eight months pregnant. The obstetrician and gynaecologist has set up his practice in a displacement camp in Rafah, in southern Gaza, where he receives up to 70 women every day. © UNFPA Palestine/Bisan Ouda
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Women and girls in Gaza use torn pieces of cloth in place of sanitary pads

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Women and girls in Gaza use torn pieces of cloth in place of sanitary pads

Women and girls in Gaza use torn pieces of cloth in place of sanitary pads

Lack of access to menstrual hygiene products in Gaza is forcing many women and girls, like Bakiza (47) and her daughter, to take desperate measures.

See the impact of the support being delivered by UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. 

News

Five ways climate change hurts women and girls

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The climate emergency isn't in the making – it's already here. While all of humanity is subject to the effects of climate change, marginalized groups like women and girls are vulnerable to particular adversities. Unrelenting drought in Somaliland has devastated crops and livestock production and displaced tens of thousands, many of whom have had to live in internally displaced persons camps for years. © UNFPA/Tobin Jones
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Pregnant women in Gaza forced to give birth on hospital floors

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Pregnant women in Gaza forced to give birth on hospital floors

Pregnant women in Gaza forced to give birth on hospital floors

Women in Gaza have to give birth on the floor at the overcrowded Al-Emirati Hospital in Rafah as doctors run out of basic medical supplies.

Let UNFPA Palestine Representative Dominic Allen describe the heroic efforts of desperate medical staff helping women give birth safely and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting them. 

Updates

Let’s talk sexual and reproductive health and rights – the power of alliances

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