Statement
Gaza Famine a Catastrophe for Mothers and Infants
22 August 2025
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Famine declared in Gaza as mothers starve to keep their children alive
Published on: 22/08/2025
Famine has been declared in Gaza.
Mothers are starving to keep their children alive.
They need a ceasefire now and the sustained, rapid and significantly scaled-up delivery of aid.
Donate to help UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver lifesaving care.
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News
“The pain and loss were overwhelming”: As gender-based violence rises in Gaza, case workers tell of harrowing conditions
- 15 July 2025
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Statement
Joint statement by OCHA, UNDP, UNFPA, UNOPS, UNRWA, WFP and WHO on fuel shortage in Gaza
12 July 2025
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News
As famine looms in Gaza, pregnant women and newborns face life-threatening health risks
- 19 May 2025
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News
From natural process to nightmare: How Gaza’s women and girls cope with their periods in a war zone
- 02 June 2025
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The aid blockade in Gaza must end now
Published on: 23/05/2025
Women and children in Gaza are being starved in full view of the world.
On top of this, they face severe shortages of medicine and life-saving care amid relentless attacks on hospitals.
See why UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is calling for the aid blockade to end now.
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Resources
Palestine Situation Report - April 2025
Resource date: May 2025
Author: UNFPA Palestine
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Mothers in Gaza are struggling to feed their children
Published on: 12/05/2025
Giving birth shouldn't be a fight for survival.
In Gaza, Nisma had to flee her home pregnant and now struggles to feed her newborn.
Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting mothers during humanitarian crises.
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Mothers in Gaza deserve to give birth safely
Published on: 05/05/2025
Every mother deserves a safe birth.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t the case for Adlah, who had to deliver her baby under bombardment and displacement in Gaza.
Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting mothers during humanitarian crises.
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