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Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem: Cease the relentless attacks on healthcare in the Middle East
18 October 2024
News
Women, girls see health access deteriorate as hostilities intensify displacements across Gaza, Lebanon and Syria
10 October 2024
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Women of Gaza: A year in crisis
Forced from home: A pregnant woman lives in a tent at the Deir al-Balah camp.
© UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic
04 October 2024
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem on the suffering of women and girls in the Middle East
07 October 2024
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Video
A midwife in Rafah describes the chaos and suffering of childbirth
04 March 2024
https://youtu.be/lrUnQT0wu7I
https://youtu.be/lrUnQT0wu7I
A midwife in Rafah describes the chaos and suffering of childbirth
Hear from a midwife at Al-Helal Al Emirati Hospital in Rafah, Gaza, as she describes the chaos and suffering of childbirth in her hospital.
Learn more about how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding here.
News
A year of war in Gaza: One mother’s hardships, heartbreak – and hope
25 September 2024
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Statement
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory - These atrocities must end
23 September 2024
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Video
Giving birth in Gaza (Part 3): Khalid
10 September 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKsOlBMsAJQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKsOlBMsAJQ
Giving birth in Gaza (Part 3): Khalid
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Video
Giving birth in Gaza (Part 2): Labor
03 September 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1BStynB6lc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1BStynB6lc
Giving birth in Gaza (Part 2): Labor
After months of being repeatedly displaced around Gaza, Malak, 22, faced an uncertain three hour drive to reach the hospital when she went into labor.
Let her describe the unthinkable struggle of bringing life into the world amid the war in Palestine.
Video
Giving birth in Gaza (Part 1): Pregnancy interrupted
27 August 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp3ImD7ssxM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp3ImD7ssxM
Giving birth in Gaza (Part 1): Pregnancy interrupted
Malak, 22, was pregnant when the war in Gaza started.
Forced to flee the bombs and tanks, she spent months being repeatedly displaced and searching desperately for prenatal care.
See the terrible reality for pregnant women like Malak of giving birth in Gaza.