Resources
UNFPA Palestine Situation Report #5 - 24 January 2024
Resource date: Feb 2024
Publisher: UNFPA Palestine
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Grief and fear mount in Rafah as people are trapped with nowhere safe to go
Palestinians mourn relatives killed in an Israeli bombing in Rafah.
© Mohammed Talatene/picture alliance via Getty Images
16 February 2024
2023 in pictures
Claiming rights on the catwalk, crises and a challenging year for women and girls’ rights
Waving goodbye to 2023. A year in which young designers' first fashion collections took to the catwalk in Accra.
© UNFPA Ghana/Sibs Consult/Gideon Adonteng
29 December 2023
The nightmare for women and girls in Gaza is getting worse
Published on: 02/02/2024
UNFPA Palestine representative Dominic Allen describes the nightmare situation he witnessed on his recent visit to Gaza.
He met women and girls living with the constant threat of bombs and pregnant women suffering from thirst, malnutrition and ill health.
Learn how UNFPA is providing them with much-needed support and supplies here.
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Statement
We cannot abandon the people of Gaza
31 January 2024
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Statement
UNFPA calls for scale-up of humanitarian aid and improved access to sexual and reproductive health care for the women and girls of Gaza
20 January 2024
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Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births
Published on: 09/01/2024
From the newly created UNRWA field hospital in Gaza, UNFPA Palestine Representative Dominic Allen tells us the catastrophic situation on the ground.
With hospitals being far over capacity, midwives and doctors are beyond exhausted.
UNFPA is committed to providing them with much-needed support and supplies.
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Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care
Published on: 22/12/2023
“Pregnancy in these circumstances is an extraordinary suffering,” says Seba (28), who is 9 months pregnant and has two children.
People in Gaza don’t have water, food, enough blankets, hygiene facilities, and the medical assistance they need.
Let Seba share her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency— is providing life-saving support to pregnant women in shelters in the southern Gaza Strip. Learn more.
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Updates
Australia’s new support to women and girls in Gaza
15 Nov 2023
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“Pregnant women have suffered… The hospital is not safe.”
Published on: 10/11/2023
“Pregnant women have suffered… The hospital is not safe.”
Health care workers like Dr. Haya Hijazi are heroes, but they can’t save lives when bombs are falling and they are out of electricity and medicine.
Hear from Dr. Hijazi about the horrific situation for pregnant women in Gaza, where 180 births a day are taking place amid relentless bombardment, and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.
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