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Catastrophic Cyclone Idai leaves pregnant women vulnerable in three countries

Women and girls are receiving dignity kits, which contain essential hygiene supplies as well as safety whistles. © UNFPA Mozambique/Vidal Mahundla

25 March 2019

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“We expect respect,” say migrants and refugees

Hatidza* (right) fled the threat of violence in their home country. She is receiving psychosocial support from a UNFPA-supported women's and girls' centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina. © UNFPA/Almir Budimlic

21 March 2019

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Health, rights situation critical among women and girls in conflict-scarred Dara’a

After years of conflict, the population is seeing a cascade of health and human rights problems fall "like dominoes". © UNFPA Syria/Sufian Abdul-Mouty

19 March 2019

Resources

Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #77 January 2019

Resource date: Jan 2019

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

Updates

Support for reproductive health needs, survivor-centred care bolstered by new commitment from Government of Japan

07 Mar 2019

UNFPA and the Government of Japan are partnering to provide critical reproductive health support in Iraq. Image courtesy of Courtesy of UIMS.

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Fear and exhaustion shadow Venezuelan women on the long trek to Peru

“We have been traveling for a week without being able to sleep, take a shower or eat well. I get tired easily, and have vomiting and headaches," said Mariana, who is five months pregnant. © UNFPA Peru

28 February 2019

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118-truck convoy delivers urgent aid to stranded residents in Rukban, Syria

UNFPA brought critical reproductive health supplies to resident of the settlement, where conditions are dire. © UN in Syria

16 February 2019

Updates

Survivor-centred aid for women and girls from Mosul

25 Feb 2019

Christos Stylianides, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, and Alexander De Croo, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Finance and Development Cooperation, visited Hammam Al-Aleel camp for internally displaced persons in Mosul. © UNFPA Iraq

News

In world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the miracle of a safe birth

21 February 2019

Resources

UNFPA Humanitarian Response in Yemen 2019

Resource date: Feb 2019

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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