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Despite steep funding cuts, heroic teacher determined to keep girls in school and out of child marriage in Yemen

Some 1.5 million girls in Yemen are not in school, which blights their future learning and employment opportunities and exposes them to higher risks of child marriage. ©YWU

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UNFPA’s mobile psychosocial support teams travel across Ukraine, including to the front lines, offering immediate emergency interventions as well as access to longer-term assistance. Credit: UNFPA Ukraine

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Investing in skilled midwives to save lives and brighten futures in Yemen

A UNFPA-supported programme to train future midwives at a higher education institute in Aden, Yemen. ©UNFPA Yemen

10 February 2025

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Women, girls see health access deteriorate as hostilities intensify displacements across Gaza, Lebanon and Syria

Damage to Al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza, seen in April of 2024. The hostilities have only escalated since then. © UNFPA / Dominic Allen

10 October 2024

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Childbirth on the run: Amid mass exodus in Lebanon, medical support urgently needed

Amal was born on 2 October the border as her mother fled the escalating hostilities in Lebanon. © Omaya AL Mekdad / UNFPA Syria

04 October 2024

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The European Union and UNFPA join forces to strengthen women's health in Afghanistan

24 Sep 2024

The contribution will be directed towards support in reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health and nutrition care in Afghanistan for the next three years. © UNFPA Afghanistan

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As Russian air strikes escalate against Ukraine, a hospital in Kyiv struggles to care for pregnant women and newborns

The Kyiv Regional Perinatal Centre, supported by UNFPA, is a critical maternity and newborn health facility in the city. Credit UNFPA Ukraine/ Isaac Hurskin

27 August 2024

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“There are people willing to listen”: How census takers go above and beyond to count people as they are

Census supervisor Alejandra Alarcón Soliz helped a woman in labour access care amid the country’s census. © UNFPA Bolivia / Alejandra Alarcón Soliz

10 July 2024

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Between conflict and climate crises, midwives deliver hope for mothers and newborns in Yemen

When Mona began working as a midwife in her local health centre 30 years ago, she was the first in Yemen’s Hadramout Governorate. © UNFPA Yemen

06 May 2024

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Joint UNFPA-Unitaid venture backed by major EU funding aims to eliminate the leading cause of mothers dying in childbirth in Africa

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