Updates

Japan continues to prioritize the most vulnerable women and girls in humanitarian settings

calendar_today31 January 2024

Setyelem, 29, suffered from the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia. She received care thanks to UNFPA, with funding from the Government of Japan. © UNFPA Ethiopia
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Statement

We cannot abandon the people of Gaza

calendar_today31 January 2024

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Statement

UNFPA calls for scale-up of humanitarian aid and improved access to sexual and reproductive health care for the women and girls of Gaza

calendar_today20 January 2024

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Video

Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births

calendar_today09 January 2024

Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births

Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births

From the newly created UNRWA field hospital in Gaza, UNFPA Palestine Representative Dominic Allen tells us the catastrophic situation on the ground.

With hospitals being far over capacity, midwives and doctors are beyond exhausted.

UNFPA is committed to providing them with much-needed support and supplies.

Video

Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care

calendar_today22 December 2023

Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care

Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care

“Pregnancy in these circumstances is an extraordinary suffering,” says Seba (28), who is 9 months pregnant and has two children.

People in Gaza don’t have water, food, enough blankets, hygiene facilities, and the medical assistance they need.

Let Seba share her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency— is providing life-saving support to pregnant women in shelters in the southern Gaza Strip. Learn more.

Video

Pregnant woman in Gaza suffers miscarriage

calendar_today20 November 2023

Pregnant woman in Gaza suffers miscarriage

Pregnant woman in Gaza suffers miscarriage

Alaa is one of the many pregnant women in Gaza who have been losing their babies from stress and malnutrition.

Hear her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is taking action to make motherhood safer.

Learn more here.

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Hospitals in the south of Gaza are struggling to assist pregnant women and newborns

calendar_today15 December 2023

Hospitals in the south of Gaza are struggling to assist pregnant women and newborns

Hospitals in the south of Gaza are struggling to assist pregnant women and newborns

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News

$1.2 billion needed in urgent UNFPA appeal for women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights in 2024

calendar_today12 December 2023

Maryam waits to see a counsellor at a UNFPA mobile health clinic in Zendajan district in Afghanistan after the 7 October earthquake. The teams were on the ground providing life-saving maternal and reproductive health services and psychosocial support immediately after the disaster. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem during the Security Council open briefing on the Situation in the Middle East

calendar_today22 November 2023

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News

After a month of siege, bombardments and a health system obliterated, pregnant women in Gaza are caught in a catastrophe

calendar_today09 November 2023

Sondos, 26, was caught up in an explosion while heavily pregnant. She underwent surgery on her injured legs and hand and delivered via an emergency Caesarean section at the Al-Hilo hospital. © UNFPA/Bisan Ouda
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