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Supporting survivors of gender-based violence in war-ravaged Syria

Syrian women participate in a session on gender-based violence and reproductive health issues at the Al-Shagour centre in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. Photo credit: UNFPA Syria / Hamada Smesem

26 June 2014

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Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine, Myanmar

Rahae Na Bagum, 19, holds her 18-month-old baby at Dai Pai Hospital in Rakhine State, in September 2013, before humanitarian staff were evacuated following attacks in March 2014. Photo credit: UNFPA Myanmar

19 June 2014

News

Training helps Filipino police officer uncover human trafficking case

Carmela Bastes (standing), a social welfare officer with the Tacloban City Social Welfare Development Office, promotes awareness on gender-based violence and human trafficking in communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan. Photo credit: UNFPA Philippines

18 June 2014

News

UNFPA assists Balkan flood survivors

Heavy and uninterrupted rainfall last month caused the worst flooding the Balkans have seen in more than a century.  Photo credit: UNCT Serbia / Djordje Novakovic

06 June 2014

News

Myanmar’s “red angel” midwives prepare to bring care to displaced women in Rakhine

A "red angel" midwife cares for a mother and her newborn in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo credit: UNFPA/Benny Manser

28 May 2014

Press Release

30,000 South Sudanese Women at Risk of Dying in Childbirth, Warns UNFPA

15 May 2014

News

Caught in crisis, South Sudanese women learn to plan their families

Mothers listen to a community health worker talk about family planning in the Tomping camp in Juba, South Sudan. Photo credit: Kenneth Odiwuor

07 May 2014

Press Release

More Support Needed to Save Lives of Women and Girls in South Sudan

29 April 2014

News

Mothers, Youth Displaced by Solomon Islands Flooding

Flooding has left a broad swath of destruction in the Solomon Islands. Photo credit: UNFPA Pacific/Maha Muna

30 April 2014

News

Amid Crisis in South Sudan, Youth Continue to Hope for a Brighter Future

A group of young people taking part in the UNFPA Youth and Adolescents Programme at the Juba III civilian protection camp in the South Sudanese capital. They are being trained to become peer educators on reproductive health and HIV prevention. Photo credit: Kenneth Odiwuor

21 April 2014

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