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Women, girls see health access deteriorate as hostilities intensify displacements across Gaza, Lebanon and Syria

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Damage to Al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza, seen in April of 2024. The hostilities have only escalated since then. © UNFPA / Dominic Allen
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Women and girls fleeing conflict in South Lebanon are vulnerable in crowded shelters

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Women and girls fleeing conflict in South Lebanon are vulnerable in crowded shelters

Women and girls fleeing conflict in South Lebanon are vulnerable in crowded shelters

Women fleeing the escalating conflict in South Lebanon are at increased risk of gender-based violence.

Dominic Allen, UNFPA Arab States Deputy Regional Director, spoke to some of them when he visited a government-supported shelter in Beirut this week which is hosting around 800 people.

See what women and girls there told him about their hopes and fears and how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive agency—working with our partners, is providing them with crucial care.

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Childbirth on the run: Amid mass exodus in Lebanon, medical support urgently needed

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Amal was born on 2 October the border as her mother fled the escalating hostilities in Lebanon. © Omaya AL Mekdad / UNFPA Syria
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Flash Appeal: Influx from Lebanon into Syria

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Flash Update on the Influx of Syrian Returnees and Refugees from Lebanon to Syria #2 - September 2024

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Flash Update on the Influx of Syrian Returnees and Refugees from Lebanon to Syria - September 2024

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Journeys of motherhood and hope in northwest Syria

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Alaa Nabeel holds her newborn daughter in the Medina Maternity and Neonatal Hospital in Idlib, northwest Syria. Credit: Shafak Organization.
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First menstruation is often accompanied by fear, shame, lack of information, women and girls in Arab states reveal

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Even talking about menstruation is considered taboo or embarrassing, many women told UNFPA. © UNFPA Somalia
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Heroic midwives save lives in northwest Syria

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Heroic midwives save lives in northwest Syria

Heroic midwives save lives in northwest Syria

After 13 years of conflict, midwives in northwest Syria are saving lives.

See how crucial midwives are to ensuring pregnant women in need can give birth safely and find out more about how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting women and girls in Syria. Learn more