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A nightmare within a nightmare: Taking on sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises

UNFPA holds sessions raising awareness about gender-based violence, and the availability of support services, in a displacement camp in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 28 May 2019
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With flexible funding, Finland continues support for humanitarian response in Syria

23 May 2019

A doctor examines a newborn baby in a UNFPA-supported clinic in Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan
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Combating child marriage in Nepal

Published on: 14/05/2019

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A long road to safety, healing for refugee mothers in Iraq

Years into Syria's grinding conflict, refugees need support to rebuild their lives. © UNFPA Iraq
  • 17 May 2019
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No mountain too high: Midwives protect women, save lives

Najiba works in one of the hardest-to-reach, poorest areas of Bamyan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 03 May 2019
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Reaching pregnant women at risk from conflict in Maguindanao, Philippines

Eight months pregnant and mother of six, Nadia Muson and her family were within earshot of the armed conflict in their municipality of Datu Salibo, Maguindanao. © UNFPA Philippines/ Rochelle Yu
  • 06 May 2019
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Saving lives during childbirth in rural Al Hudaydah

Published on: 03/05/2019

With support from the European Union Humanitarian Aid, UNFPA is expanding reproductive health services in rural health facilities to ensure health pregnancies and safe deliveries during childbirth. 

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Meet the woman protecting women in Yemen

Bushra has launched the first ever women-run security firm in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 01 May 2019
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Caught in the crossfire: Urgent needs in north-east Syria

Dr. Joha attends to a displaced woman at Al-Hol Camp. The needs were "overwhelmingly high," he said. © UNFPA Syria
  • 29 April 2019
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Muslim minority women break barriers to embrace family planning in Nepal

Local volunteers show Nepali families the benefits of voluntary family planning. ©UNFPA Nepal
  • 11 April 2019
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