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A beacon of hope: How UNFPA safe rooms are transforming lives in Tajikistan

calendar_today11 December 2024

Obstetrician-gynaecologist Dr. Nargis Zokirova provides medical and psychosocial support to survivors of gender-based violence at the maternity house in Rudaki, Tajikistan. © UNFPA Tajikistan
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Underfunded and overlooked: The neglected crises on UNFPA’s radar in 2025

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UNFPA and partners provide health and protection services to people displaced by violence in Gedaref State, Sudan. © UNFPA Sudan
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“Where are we supposed to go?”: Women and girls in northern Gaza endure displacement, hunger and healthcare under attack

calendar_today25 November 2024

Since 6 October 2024, some 130,000 people have been uprooted from North Gaza to Gaza city. In some displacement sites, up to 70 per cent of those sheltering are children and women. Credit: UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic.
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Updates

Germany leading the way in supporting maternal health in the most vulnerable countries

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In Niger, maternal mortality rates remain alarmingly high, with 1 in 226 pregnant women dying from pregnancy-related causes. Germany’s support plays a vital role in safeguarding the human right to safe motherhood. © UNFPA Niger
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5 lessons from 2024 to ensure sexual and reproductive rights for all in 2025

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A group of young people at the UNFPA-supported Kibirizi youth space in Rwanda’s Rubengera sector after completing a course on comprehensive sexuality education. ©UNFPA ESARO/Jadwiga Figula
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Women deliver babies on the road and under fire as catastrophe grips Sudan’s Aj Jazirah State

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As violence intensifies across southeast Sudan, hundreds of thousands of people have fled Aj Jazirah State for neighbouring Gedaref State, taking refuge in cramped, makeshift camps. Credit: © UNFPA Sudan
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“I came to help my sisters”: As Chad grapples with record floods and a refugee crisis, midwives are bridging the divide

calendar_today17 December 2024

A woman collects clean drinking water in a camp sheltering more than 4,000 displaced people after the Chari River flooded in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, in October 2024. Credit: © UNFPA Chad / Karel Prinsloo
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An expectant mother hit by floods in northern Nigeria shares her story

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An expectant mother hit by floods in northern Nigeria shares her story

An expectant mother hit by floods in northern Nigeria shares her story

“When the floods hit us, it was two weeks before my expected delivery date.”

Fatima, one of our heroic community mobilizers in Nigeria, is among the many expectant mothers affected by the recent flooding in the northern part of the country.

See her story and how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding to the crisis.  

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Three global trends on a collision course… with women and girls at the crossroads

calendar_today05 December 2024

In the Bakasi displacement camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria, community mobilizers speak to flood survivors about how to receive support for gender-based violence, which is known to increase in crisis settings. © UNFPA Nigeria/Dawali David Exodus
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