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Wrapping up 2025: Good news stories from a bad year

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Adolescent girls at the UNFPA-supported Ndenguma safe space Nsanje District, southern Malawi, where they learn about the dangers of early marriage and teenage pregnancy and have access to contraceptives.© UNFPA Malawi/Thoko Chikondi
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UNFPA secures new support to accelerate advocacy for maternal and newborn health

calendar_today10 December 2025

A midwife with a newborn at Sennar Hospital in southeastern Sudan. © UNFPA Sudan
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Press release

Kherson maternity hospital attack highlights worsening risks for pregnant women in Ukraine, UNFPA warns 

calendar_today10 December 2025

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Hope and healing: Women in Somalia reclaim their lives from obstetric fistula

calendar_today11 November 2025

Farhiya (right) received life-changing fistula repair surgery at Dayniile Hospital, Mogadishu, made possible with KSrelief’s support ©UNFPA Somalia/Usame Nur Hussein
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UNFPA, ICM and Burnett Institute

Publication date

Nov 2025

Resources

Powering Choice: Unlocking midwives’ full potential in family planning

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Angela Bassett on a lifesaving solution for pregnant women caught in crises

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Angela Bassett on a lifesaving solution for pregnant women caught in crises

Angela Bassett on a lifesaving solution for pregnant women caught in crises

Childbirth shouldn’t be a death sentence.

Yet for too many mothers and their newborns caught in crises it is.

For just $5, a UNFPA Emergency Birth Kit can be the difference between life and death.

Please, help us save lives 🧡 Donate now.

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Midwives in Uganda ramp up action against postpartum bleeding, a leading cause of maternal death

calendar_today09 October 2025

Midwives learn up-to-date tools and methods for detecting and treating postpartum haemorrhage at a UNFPA-supported training in Kampala. © UNFPA Uganda
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Amid displacement and despair in Gaza, glimmers of hope for a better tomorrow

calendar_today17 October 2025

Riman is terrified of childbirth, and is clinging to hope for safety and stability. © UNFPA/Hardy Skills
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