Statement

Gaza Famine a Catastrophe for Mothers and Infants

22 August 2025

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Famine declared in Gaza as mothers starve to keep their children alive

Published on: 22/08/2025

Famine has been declared in Gaza.

Mothers are starving to keep their children alive.

They need a ceasefire now and the sustained, rapid and significantly scaled-up delivery of aid.

Donate to help UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver lifesaving care.
 

News

As famine looms in Gaza, pregnant women and newborns face life-threatening health risks

Israel’s catastrophic aid blockade on Gaza has gone on for over two months, in which all supplies – including food, medicine, shelter and fuel – have been cut off. ©UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic
  • 19 May 2025
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News

From natural process to nightmare: How Gaza’s women and girls cope with their periods in a war zone

Women and young girls in a destroyed displacement camp in Gaza. ©UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic
  • 02 June 2025
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The aid blockade in Gaza must end now

Published on: 23/05/2025

Women and children in Gaza are being starved in full view of the world.

On top of this, they face severe shortages of medicine and life-saving care amid relentless attacks on hospitals.

See why UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is calling for the aid blockade to end now.

Resources

Palestine Situation Report - April 2025

Resource date: May 2025

Author: UNFPA Palestine

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Mothers in Gaza deserve to give birth safely

Published on: 05/05/2025

Every mother deserves a safe birth.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t the case for Adlah, who had to deliver her baby under bombardment and displacement in Gaza.

Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting mothers during humanitarian crises.

Pregnant women in the West Bank are struggling to access life-saving care

Published on: 29/04/2025

“I was almost unconscious, vomiting, feverish.”

Nadine was moments away from delivering her baby when she was trapped at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank.

Maternity care is essential to save lives, especially in humanitarian settings.

Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is working to ensure safe birth.

Resources

Palestine Situation Report #16 - March 2025

Resource date: Apr 2025

Author: UNFPA Palestine

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News

Between siege and survival: The unheard struggles of mothers in the West Bank

A woman stands amid the rubble of her home following a raid by the Israel forces in Jenin, in Palestine’s West Bank. ©UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic
  • 11 April 2025
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