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

calendar_today03 February 2022

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
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Budding photographers capture post-cyclone Bangladesh

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<p>Four young volunteers &ndash;&nbsp; Md. Tajbit Ahammad Barat, Sumaia Akter, Md. Naimur Rahman Zihad and Rujina Begum &ndash; spent four months learning how to shoot pictures and documenting the lives of women and girls affected by last May&#39;s Cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh, with camera equipment and virtual training supplied by UNFPA and partner Concerned Women for Family Development (CWFD). A selection of photographs were used to raise awareness of community needs among the public. Here is what they saw through their lenses.</p><p>Hafeja Begum&nbsp;helps her mother with domestic duties. Cyclone Amphan destroyed their house&nbsp;in Pukurjana. &copy; UNFPA Bangladesh/Sumaia Akter&nbsp;</p>

<p>Amena Begum&nbsp;and her child, in Lohalia.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Bangladesh/Naimur Rahman Zihad</p>

<p>Setara Begum, 69, at her home in Mahipur.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Bangladesh/Tajbit Ahammad Barat</p>

<p>Sharmin, a 10-year-old in Nutanpara.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Bangladesh/Rujina Begum</p>

<p>Last spring, Morsheda Begum&#39;s house on the bank of a river in Chandkhali village collapsed while she was working in the sun.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Bangladesh/Sumaia Akter</p>

<p>As an only child, Honufa Akter, 13, is tasked with many chores to help her mother in Lohalia.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Bangladesh/Naimur Rahman Zihad</p>

<p>Two sisters in front of their house in the village of Babul Bazar.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Bangladesh/Tajbit Ahammad Barat</p>

<p>A woman is nearly camouflaged in a garden of bean sprouts.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Bangladesh/Rujina Begum</p>

<p>Layju Begum, 27, cradles her infant in Patuakhali Sadar.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Bangladesh/Naimur Rahman Zihad</p>

<p>You can just detect 10-year-old Mosa Ankhi&#39;s smile beneath that bale of dried grasses.&nbsp;&copy; UNFPA Bangladesh/Tajbit Ahammad Barat</p>

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

calendar_today22 April 2021

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

calendar_today09 April 2021

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

calendar_today16 October 2018

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

calendar_today02 October 2018

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
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Video

Saving Haiti's Mothers

calendar_today08 April 2010

Saving Haiti's Mothers

Saving Haiti's Mothers

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.