Resources

2024 FGM Country Snapshot: Somalia

Resource date: 2025

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News

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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Midwives are saving lives in Somalia, no matter the circumstances

Published on: 08/07/2025

“In every crisis the country faces, it is the midwives who carry the burden.”

With over 3 million people in Somalia displaced, many pregnant women have limited or no access to healthcare.

See how midwives like Nadiifo step up to provide life-saving support.
 

News

Meeting women's and girls' needs where they are to prevent and address gender-based violence

Community mobilizer Fatima Ali was displaced from her home in Maiduguri, Nigeria, by flooding in October 2024. She continues her work providing support to women and girls. © UNFPA Nigeria
  • 22 November 2024
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News

Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives

UNFPA and UNICEF’s Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation works with grassroots activists to encourage communities to abandon the practice. © UNFPA Somalia
  • 26 February 2024
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Updates

Japan continues to prioritize the most vulnerable women and girls in humanitarian settings

31 Jan 2024

Setyelem, 29, suffered from the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia. She received care thanks to UNFPA, with funding from the Government of Japan. © UNFPA Ethiopia
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Resources

UNFPA Somalia Situation Report #1 - 09 November 2023

Resource date: Nov 2023

Publisher: UNFPA Somalia

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Japan

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

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News & Updates

Updates
UNITED NATIONS, New York – As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) wrapped up in Seville, Spain, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, reflected on what it…
14 July 2025 Read Story
Updates
UNITED NATIONS, New York – “Reaching the furthest behind” has long been a guiding principle for UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. But in today’s world, where climate shocks are…
09 July 2025 Read Story
Statement
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, notes with deep regret that the United States of America has announced its intention to deny future funding to the organization by triggering the Kemp-…
09 May 2025 Read Story

Finland

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

2024 | Top
Donor Global Statistics

News & Updates

Updates
UNITED NATIONS, New York – As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) wrapped up in Seville, Spain, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, reflected on what it…
14 July 2025 Read Story
Updates
UNITED NATIONS, New York – “Reaching the furthest behind” has long been a guiding principle for UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. But in today’s world, where climate shocks are…
09 July 2025 Read Story
Statement
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, notes with deep regret that the United States of America has announced its intention to deny future funding to the organization by triggering the Kemp-…
09 May 2025 Read Story

Resources

Factors associated with the perception of ease and intention to practice female genital mutilation on daughters: A cross-sectional study of cross-border communities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda

Resource date: Jul 2023

Publisher: UNFPA

This study addresses cross-border female genital mutilation (FGM) practice, cross-border FGM takes place when communities cross national borders to perform FGM, circumvent laws and avoid prosecution. Using data from a recent cross-border study, this paper aims to identify factors associated with the perception of the ease of cross-border FGM and the intention to perform FGM on daughters and female relatives in the border communities of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda.

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