natural disaster

Crisis after the storm: needs soar for women and girls in typhoon-ravaged Philippines

A UNFPA staff member walks to a damaged health centre in Siargao Island, Surigao Del Norte on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines ©UNFPA Philippines

03 February 2022

Drought in Somalia forces displacement, posing particular challenges for women and girls

Drought is making finding clean water harder for women and girls, who are the primary water collectors, like here in Baligubadle, Somaliland. Extreme conditions are also forcing families who have lost their livelihoods to move to internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. © UNDP Somalia

22 April 2021

Timor-Leste floods leave death, destruction and displacement in their wake

Floods in Timor-Leste have led residents to seek refuge in evacuation centres, like this parish hall in the Balide neighbourhood of the Dili capital, where UNPFA has distributed hygiene supplies among other relief efforts. © UNFPA Timor-Leste

09 April 2021

Earthquake and tsunami devastating for 45,000 pregnant women in Indonesia

Some 88,000 people have been displaced by the twin disasters in Indonesia's hardest-hit areas. Ibu Fariati and her family now share a tent with six other families. © UNFPA Indonesia/Stenly hely Sajow

16 October 2018

Reaching pregnant women cut off from care in the aftermath of Typhoon Ompong

Ginalyn Franco was nine months pregnant when the typhoon made landfall, forcing her to trek through treacherous conditions before reaching an evacuation centre. © UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor

02 October 2018

On the ground in Haiti, working to save the lives of mothers during childbirth. This video was original aired on NOW on Public Television, January, 2010.

Crisis after the storm: needs soar for women and girls in typhoon-ravaged Philippines

Budding photographers capture post-cyclone Bangladesh

Drought in Somalia forces displacement, posing particular challenges for women and girls

Timor-Leste floods leave death, destruction and displacement in their wake

Earthquake and tsunami devastating for 45,000 pregnant women in Indonesia

Reaching pregnant women cut off from care in the aftermath of Typhoon Ompong

Saving Haiti's Mothers