News

From recovery to resilience: Zeynab's story after the earthquakes in Northwest Syria

calendar_today21 February 2024

Thanks to a UNFPA safe space, Zeynab has learned a range of new livelihood skills and is getting back on her feet financially and psychologically following the traumatic earthquakes of February 2023. © Muhannad Barbori/Ihsan Organization.
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News

Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives

calendar_today26 February 2024

UNFPA and UNICEF’s Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation works with grassroots activists to encourage communities to abandon the practice. © UNFPA Somalia
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Statement

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee - Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe

calendar_today21 February 2024

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Updates

UK announces £4.25 million (c. $5.3 million) for UNFPA’s humanitarian response in the occupied Palestinian territories to support women and girls

calendar_today25 February 2024

The new UK contribution will enable UNFPA to provide more critical reproductive health supplies to Gaza. © UNFPA/Bisan Ouda
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Updates

30 Years of the ICPD: An inter-generational conversation on bodily autonomy

calendar_today22 February 2024

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Updates

Get Involved: Three moments in 2024 to celebrate ICPD progress and inform future solutions

calendar_today21 February 2024

Bhawana Pradan from Bhutan making a call to action during the 7th Asia and Pacific Population Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Updates

Frequently Asked Questions about the ICPD30 Global Youth Dialogue

calendar_today12 February 2024

Youth representatives attend the 2023 Regional Conference on Population and Development in the broader European region.
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Video

Life-saving support reaches women at Nasser Hospital in Gaza

calendar_today20 December 2023

Life-saving support reaches women at Nasser Hospital in Gaza

Life-saving support reaches women at Nasser Hospital in Gaza

“These kits contain many essential items which are in severe shortage,” says Dr. Khawla, Head of Nursing at Nasser Hospital in Gaza.

Every day in the occupied Palestinian territory, aid workers like Dr. Khawla are risking their lives to deliver emergency assistance to women and girls.

See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to make motherhood safer amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Video

Internally displaced people in the south of Gaza are struggling to get assistance

calendar_today20 December 2023

Internally displaced people in the south of Gaza are struggling to get assistance

Internally displaced people in the south of Gaza are struggling to get assistance

“This war has taken everything from us,” said Helen (18), an internally displaced woman in Gaza.

See her heartbreaking story and learn how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency— is responding to this humanitarian crisis.