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International humanitarian law flouted as health and aid workers are targeted in conflicts around the world

On 30 March 2025, a rescue operation in Tal Al Sultan, Rafah, Gaza, recovered the bodies of 15 humanitarian workers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society, the Palestinian Civil Defense and the United Nations. The available information indicates that they were killed by Israeli forces on 23 March and buried under the sand.
  • 18 August 2025
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When the water rises: How women are adapting to a changing climate in north-eastern Bangladesh

Anima Akhter, 24, stands with her husband Ruhul Amin, 30, and their two children outside their home in Bodipur village, Sunamganj. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Asma Akter
  • 05 August 2025
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Pregnant refugees in Chad see faltering sexual and reproductive health care amid funding crisis

Midwife Prisca walks through one of the two camps in the village of Arkoum. The health centre in Arkoum serves more than 50,000 refugees and 20,000 members of the host community. © UNFPA Chad/Joel Tchocké
  • 31 July 2025
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“More educators, more access”: One woman’s dedication to delivering sexuality education to young people across Mexico City

Rocío Ordóñez Pedraza, a 32-year-old psychologist and advocate working with the Mexico Vivo Foundation NGO, talks to her mentee, 22-year-old Christian, in Mexico City. © UNFPA Mexico/Celia D’Luna
  • 12 August 2025
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Explainer: No, contraceptives don’t cause abortions

Health workers provide contraceptives through mobile clinics in Syria. © UNFPA/Zein Khuzam
  • 11 August 2025
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In Paraguay, nurse Mariel Díaz delivers culturally-sensitive healthcare to indigenous communities

Mariel Díaz Flores, 37, says that she could finish her nursing degree thanks to family planning services. © UNFPA Paraguay/Pedro Ferreira.
  • 08 August 2025
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A chance to breathe: How life-saving incubators are transforming newborn care in Somalia

A midwife holds twins at a UNFPA-supported neonatal care health facility in Baidoa, Somalia. © Reado
  • 22 July 2025
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The scars of gender-based violence run deep in South Sudan – but so does the will to heal

A woman at a UNFPA-supported safe space in Renk, South Sudan. © UNFPA South Sudan/Maureen Twahirwa
  • 06 August 2025
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“The pain and loss were overwhelming”: As gender-based violence rises in Gaza, case workers tell of harrowing conditions

Women and girls seek support at a UNFPA-supported safe space for women and girls, which offers support and services from a tent set up outside a school building that currently houses displaced people in Gaza city. © UNFPA Palestine/Yasmeen Sous
  • 15 July 2025
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Gender equality as a path to empowerment for refugee women and survivors of sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Just under half of all women in Bosnia and Herzegovina report experiencing some form of abuse – including intimate partner violence, stalking and sexual harassment – since age 15. © UNFPA Bosnia and Herzegovina / Imrana Kapetanovic
  • 02 July 2025
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