Statement
Gaza Famine a Catastrophe for Mothers and Infants
22 August 2025
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Famine declared in Gaza as mothers starve to keep their children alive
Published on: 22/08/2025
Famine has been declared in Gaza.
Mothers are starving to keep their children alive.
They need a ceasefire now and the sustained, rapid and significantly scaled-up delivery of aid.
Donate to help UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver lifesaving care.
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News
International humanitarian law flouted as health and aid workers are targeted in conflicts around the world
- 18 August 2025
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“The pain and loss were overwhelming”: As gender-based violence rises in Gaza, case workers tell of harrowing conditions
- 15 July 2025
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Statement
Joint statement by OCHA, UNDP, UNFPA, UNOPS, UNRWA, WFP and WHO on fuel shortage in Gaza
12 July 2025
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News
As famine looms in Gaza, pregnant women and newborns face life-threatening health risks
- 19 May 2025
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News
From natural process to nightmare: How Gaza’s women and girls cope with their periods in a war zone
- 02 June 2025
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Front-line midwives: Three reasons to support these humanitarian health workers amid a global funding crisis
- 02 May 2025
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The aid blockade in Gaza must end now
Published on: 23/05/2025
Women and children in Gaza are being starved in full view of the world.
On top of this, they face severe shortages of medicine and life-saving care amid relentless attacks on hospitals.
See why UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is calling for the aid blockade to end now.
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Resources
Palestine Situation Report - April 2025
Resource date: May 2025
Author: UNFPA Palestine
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