News

UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

Midwife Suhila Rasuli on her way to visit a pregnant woman in a remote area of Nimroz province, Afghanistan. © Naqibullah Rahimi/MOVE Afghanistan
  • 16 March 2023
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Statement

Taliban banning women from higher education and from working with humanitarian organizations

26 December 2022

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Statement

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Afghanistan, Women’s participation in aid delivery must continue

28 December 2022

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News

“Giving up is not an option”: Hope for Afghans forced out of school

Mursal, 17, would normally be in the 12th grade. She dreams of becoming a doctor, but her education has been indefinitely postponed. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 13 September 2022
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Girls in Afghanistan want to go back to school

Published on: 13/09/2022

One year after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, 17-year-old Mursal is still in disbelief that she can’t go back to school.

“It’s not right that they’re ordering us to hide our faces and stop going to school. I hope that young girls will not give up,” she says.

See how Mursal is giving back to her community with UNFPA’s help.

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Midwives in Afghanistan defy constraints and crises to save lives of women and newborns

Midwife Minaz Bibi provides midwifery services for women affected by the earthquake in the Gayan district of Paktika, Afghanistan, in June 2022. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 17 August 2022
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Statement

Afghanistan: An escalating crisis for women and girls

15 August 2022

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Press Release

20,000 women and girls affected by Afghanistan earthquake need urgent access to life-saving health care

04 July 2022

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News

Family health houses save lives, employ women, in rural Afghanistan

Midwife Laila Amini checks on a mother and newborn at the Arkalik Village Family Health House. Photo Image courtesy of AADA.
  • 13 May 2022
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Updates

From Ukraine to Afghanistan, Iceland increases its support to humanitarian efforts to safeguard women and girls’ rights

03 May 2022

In 2022, Iceland increases its support to UNFPA to safeguard women and girls’ rights. In April, Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir met with UNFPA’s Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem. © UNFPA
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