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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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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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World Humanitarian Day

19 August 2025

Global

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“A point of no return”: An urgent call to support women and girls in Haiti

With 1.3 million people displaced, many communities facing catastrophic hunger and sexual violence and the health system all but collapsed, the crisis gripping Haiti has been described as at risk of “reaching a point of no return.” © UNHCR/Juan Pablo Terminello
  • 27 June 2025
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22 May 2025

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Don’t let the lights go out: UNFPA urges support for women and girls in the world’s most neglected crises

A woman and her baby sit in a camp for displaced people in the Dayniile district of Mogadishu, Somalia. © UNFPA Somalia / Usame Nur Hussein
  • 28 May 2025
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Press Release

UNFPA report links falling birth rates to cost of living, sexist norms, fear of the future

10 June 2025

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News

The fertility fallacy: Five things you didn’t know about global fertility rates

In this year’s flagship State of World Population report, UNFPA surveyed some 14,000 people across 14 countries, and found that around one in five said they won’t be able to have the number of children they would like. © Stina Persson
  • 10 June 2025
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News

“Everything fell apart in seconds”: Women and girls need urgent support after disastrous earthquake in Myanmar

On March 28, a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, devastating communities across Mandalay, Sagaing and beyond. © Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images
  • 04 April 2025
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14 April 2025

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