News

“I am a prey to all men”: Refugee women endure poverty, harassment, isolation

Muna was left to fend for her children alone in the Domiz refugee camp in Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq/Khetam Malkawi

03 October 2016

News

World leaders adopt ground-breaking plan to address refugee and migrant crisis

A ground-breaking declaration on the rights of migrants and refugees was adopted today at the United Nations General Assembly. © UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

19 September 2016

News

Global leaders launch a new programme to support women in conflict zones

The vulnerabilities of women and girls have often been overlooked in traditional responses to crisis. © UNFPA/Nake Batev

16 March 2016

News

On the move: A new mobile clinic reaches refugee women in the Balkans

Shagah (left) and Morsay (right) outside the mobile clinic after Morsay's check up. © UNFPA

01 March 2016

News

Support centre offers care, hope to refugees from South Sudan

South Sudanese refugees with handicrafts they have learned to make through an income-generating course at the Kakuma Support Centre in Turkana, Kenya. © UNFPA/Bernard Muthaka

18 September 2015

News

After flight from Syria, refugee women in Iraq find safety, support

Asma with her friends at the women’s safe space. “I am happy in the sewing session,” she said. “My teacher is from the same place I came from. We speak the same language and share the same memories.” © UNFPA/Shayda Hesammi

29 April 2015

Resources

Monitoring of population programmes, focusing on new trends in migration: demographic aspects

Resource date: 2013

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

News

Displaced Iraqi women, youth receive psychosocial support

Nada (name changed) and her siblings sit in a tent in the Khanke Camp for displaced Iraqis, in Dohuk. They were forced to flee when their community was attacked by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS). Photo credit: UNFPA/Millat Horiri

13 October 2014

Statement

Migration and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for Development

17 May 2011

Statement

Round Table on International Migration and Development: The Challenges Ahead

12 October 2004

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