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Health workers lose support structures and pregnant women die: The reality of funding cuts hits in Yemen

calendar_today15 September 2025

A midwife from a UNFPA mobile health clinic assesses a pregnant woman at a displacement camp in Marib, Yemen. The mobile clinic is no longer operational due to funding cuts. ©UNFPA Yemen
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Women in Yemen pay a deadly cost for funding cuts

calendar_today09 September 2025

Women in Yemen pay a deadly cost for funding cuts

Women in Yemen pay a deadly cost for funding cuts

Funding cuts for maternal healthcare in Yemen are cutting women’s:

🟠 survival
🟠 dignity
🟠 rights

They need funding to be restored.

The world must invest in humanity.

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Despite steep funding cuts, heroic teacher determined to keep girls in school and out of child marriage in Yemen

calendar_today21 April 2025

Some 1.5 million girls in Yemen are not in school, which blights their future learning and employment opportunities and exposes them to higher risks of child marriage. ©YWU
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Life-saving services at risk as humanitarian funding dries up in Yemen

calendar_today06 September 2019

Om Asma and her baby survived thanks to a Caesarean section delivery at one of the few UNFPA-supported hospitals still open in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
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More than 500 women die in pregnancy or childbirth every day in humanitarian and fragile settings

UNFPA has launched "A Woman Even Here," a campaign that calls for partners, donors and the public to prioritize women's right to safety and dignity in humanitarian response. Learn more here.