News

Child marriage takes a brutal toll on Syrian girls

Nour, 12, was forced into an abusive marriage. She is now receiving support from the staff at the UNFPA-supported Al Halbouni clinic in Damascus, Syria. Credit: UNFPA, Hamada Smesem
  • 15 October 2014
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Saving Haiti's Mothers

Published on: 08/04/2010

On the ground in Haiti, working to save the lives of mothers during childbirth. This video was original aired on NOW on Public Television, January, 2010.

Trailer: 2010 State of World Population Report

Published on: 04/12/2010

From Conflict and Crisis to Renewal: 
generations of change

Birth Amid Chaos in Gaza

Published on: 04/12/2010

The birth of a child is a moment of excitement as well as anxiety. But in Gaza, it is even more stressful/ it may mean risking your life. We meet a courageous midwife who is improving the odds for many mothers and babies.

Healing the Wounds of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Published on: 04/12/2010

The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina may have ended 15 years ago, but for some 20,000 women, the legacy of wartime rape lives on. Women of all ethnic groups are still trying to cope with the psychological effects of violence perpetrated against them.

Protecting women post-Haiyan

Published on: 21/06/2014

UNFPA is working with the Philippine National Police to keep women and girls safe after the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.
 
From December 2013

Resources

Humanitarian Response Strategy

Resource date: 2012

Author: UNFPA

UNFPA's Second Generation Humanitarian Strategy offers a vision and plan for mainstreaming humanitarian programming Fund-wide. It ensures that UNFPA's humanitarian action is well coordinated, timely, and scalable — before, during and after a crisis — and focuses on the mandated areas of reproductive health, population dynamics, gender equality, gender-based violence, and young people in crisis situations.

News

Safe delivery services come to Domiz refugee camp, Iraq

Dr. Lava Abdul Rahman works with Syrian refugees at the UNFPA maternity clinic in Domiz Camp in northern Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA/Millat Horiri
  • 02 October 2014
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News

Fear of health workers fuels Ebola crisis in Guinea

A health official in Guinea, where UNFPA assisting in the Ebola response. Photo credit: UNFPA Guinea
  • 03 October 2014
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News

Sierra Leone's contact tracers work to curtail Ebola outbreak

Contact tracers attend a training at a UNFPA-supported workshop in Sierra Leone. They are playing a critical role in the public health response to the Ebola outbreak. Photo credit: UNFPA Sierra Leone video
  • 14 October 2014
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