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A refugee entrepreneur rebuilds her life after fleeing war in Sudan
26 February 2025
Meet Wasila, a refugee, entrepreneur and baker.
The violent civil war in Sudan forced her to flee her home.
With support from UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, she now runs her own baking business in the Central African Republic.
Stand with refugees and let her story of resilience inspire you.
A fragile ceasefire in Gaza has provided a desperately needed respite for Palestinians, but the humanitarian crisis remains dire.
Women and girls are calling on the international community to ensure that peace prevails.
Nestor Owomuhangi, UNFPA Representative in Palestine, stresses why UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—needs more funding to continue providing women and girls in need with life-saving support.
See how you can help too.
Two years have passed since the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye.
Currently, there are still over 1.6 million people in need including 416,000 women and girls of reproductive age. 22,800 of them are pregnant.
Fatma, Mehtap, Selda and Saliha are just some of them. They are still feeling the pain and living in container cities with many challenges, including limited access to services.
See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting them.
Over 2 million people have been impacted by the catastrophic flooding in Chad.
The climate crisis has also become a personal crisis for women like Gloria and Chanceline, who lost everything.
Hear their stories and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.
Sudan’s brutal civil war destroyed Daralssalam’s life overnight.
She’s one of the more than 1 million refugees who have fled to Chad since the war broke out in Sudan in April 2023.
“We need the war to stop,” she says.
See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive rights agency—is supporting her and other displaced Sudanese women in need.
This World Population Day, join UNFPA in promoting the rights of women and girls in a world that's 8 Billion Strong.
Every woman in every part of the world deserves to live without fear, threats and violence.
See how UNFPA is taking action to prevent, respond to and address gender-based violence (GBV) in more than 150 countries.
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28 September 2021
Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director, marks the two-year anniversary of the launch of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (SDG3 GAP) at the UNGA high-level week.