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“We are the experts on disability”: Advocate Angeline Chand urges inclusive disaster preparedness and response in Fiji
- 01 December 2023
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30 years of fighting for female empowerment
A legacy of progress, a future of promise
Gender equality is key to sustainable development. Pictured: Adolescent girls play ball games in Mauritania.
© UNFPA/Gaia Squarci
29 April 2024
2023 in pictures
Claiming rights on the catwalk, crises and a challenging year for women and girls’ rights
Waving goodbye to 2023. A year in which young designers' first fashion collections took to the catwalk in Accra.
© UNFPA Ghana/Sibs Consult/Gideon Adonteng
29 December 2023
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News
“We lost everything”: In Yemen, a mother’s grief lays bare the human cost of the climate crisis
- 06 December 2023
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Midwives go door-to-door amid flooding in Peru, reaching thousands with critical health services
- 27 December 2023
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Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023
- 21 December 2023
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The climate crisis is putting women and girls in extreme danger
Published on: 01/12/2023
The climate crisis is an emergency for everyone, but women and girls are paying a heavy price.
Climate change leads to more unintended pregnancies, more child marriages, more women dying during childbirth, more violence and more exploitation.
As world leaders gather for COP28, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem calls on them to protect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of vulnerable women and girls.
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Press Release
The global climate crisis is putting women and girls in extreme danger, UNFPA warns in new data
27 November 2023
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Press Release
Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children
21 November 2023
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Resources
Protecting maternal, newborn and child health from the impacts of climate change - A UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO call to action
Resource date: Nov 2023
Author: WHO-UNICEF-UNFPA
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